I do think that there's an art form to parenting, and I have nothing but admiration for those who do it well. — Elizabeth Berg Admiration Copy Share Image
If I were to draw on a paper what gym does for me, I would make one dot and then I would… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“They say that one of the reasons for tragedy is that you learn important lessons from it.” — Elizabeth Berg Important lessons Copy Share Image
Elvis is symbolic of a lot of things, dreams coming true being one of them. — Elizabeth Berg Being Copy Share Image
Abstracts are real and time is a lie, it cannot be measured when one moment can expand to hold everything. — Elizabeth Berg Clock Copy Share Image
People say you should give until it hurts. I say you should give until it stops hurting. Know what I mean? — Elizabeth Berg Giving Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it seems like a little moment brings a whole world with it.” — Elizabeth Berg Moment Copy Share Image
If I don't feel like writing on a certain day, I just go to the cafe and hang around. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“Books don’t take time away from us,” she said. “They give it back. In this age of abstraction, of multitasking, of speed… — Elizabeth Berg Books Copy Share Image
One of the great pleasures in writing 'The Dream Lover' was learning about some of the real people who populated George Sand's… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
It usually takes about a year to write each book. I don't plan it that way. I don't set deadlines. If a… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
I'm nuts about the South - the people, the language, the food, the land, the stories and writers that come from there… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
There is incredible value in being of service to others. I think if many of the people in therapy offices were dragged… — Elizabeth Berg Burden Copy Share Image
“She thinks it was Margaret Atwood who said that wanting to meet a writer because you like their work was like wanting… — Elizabeth Berg Writer Copy Share Image
“You know, sometimes marriage is iron. Sometimes it’s tissue paper. And I think the times it’s tissue paper are when you need… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
You feel the call. That's the important thing. Now answer it as fully as you can. Take the risk to let all… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“There are guys bleeding to death who don't know it, they're smiling, they're talking, they don't feel pain because they're in shock,… — Elizabeth Berg Death Copy Share Image
“He resents the very posture of people who are online, the way they bend their backs over their various devices, blocking out… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“If you see a sunset and try to describe it to someone in normal words, all you can say is, 'Boy, I… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
She sits down and puts her hand to her chest and rocks. Thinks of all she has lost and will lose. All… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“I wasn't sure it was right to abandon myself to lighthearted banter, to allow someone to interfere with my being able to… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“One thing about doing this kind of work, you develop a keen appreciation for the fact that you can walk. And see… — Elizabeth Berg Appreciation Copy Share Image
“You know who does it right? You know who does loving right?” “Who?” “Nobody. I mean, people can’t even … If you get a… — Elizabeth Berg Cats Copy Share Image
“I don't think you've even begun to realize all there is for you to love. And I know you better than anyone,… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“This is not a novel about a woman leaving home, but rather a human being finding her way back.” — Elizabeth Berg Books Copy Share Image
Really, my sacred place is my study where there are books that I love and things that people have given me. — Elizabeth Berg Book Copy Share Image
As for my 'real life,' yes, I do have friends who are different from me, and I find it refreshing being around… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
I hope to show the great worth of women. So far as I'm concerned, we're still underappreciated. — Elizabeth Berg Feminism Copy Share Image
“The one to tell. The one to be told by. For him, that was marriage.” — Elizabeth Berg Marriage Copy Share Image
“Oh, Arthur, no one even sees you when you get old except for people who knew you when you were young.” — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
This is one rule about mixing boys and girls: that a date always comes first. — Elizabeth Berg Boy and girl Copy Share Image
“People who don’t feel cared for are not always comfortable being cared for.” — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
No matter what kind of writing you do, it's always the details that make the story. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“She put her hand over her heart. Oh boy. It hurts. It's a real pain. Right here.” — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“I miss you,” he says. “I still miss you, sweetheart. Every day is like the first day I lost you.” — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“First of all, I want you to know that I believed in the cause for which I died. No war is won… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
In the most self-protective of ways, I don't think about the reader when I'm writing - I just think about the story. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
Never try to copy other writers, and never try to have a formula. It has to come from your heart and soul. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
