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> [You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-berg/you-are-born-into-your-family-and-your-family-is-born-into-you-no/)

[Elizabeth Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-berg/)

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## More by Elizabeth Berg

> [Never be afraid of doing the thing you know in your heart is right, even if others don't agree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-berg/never-be-afraid-of-doing-the-thing-you-know-in-your-heart-is-right/)

[Elizabeth Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-berg/)

> [“I think the reason we're cruel sometimes is that we're afraid we're going to like something.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-berg/i-think-the-reason-we-re-cruel-sometimes-is-that-we-re-afraid-we-re/)

[Elizabeth Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-berg/)

> [If there were a category in the Olympics for laundry, my mother would have been a gold-medal winner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-berg/if-there-were-a-category-in-the-olympics-for-laundry-my-mother-would/)

[Elizabeth Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-berg/)

> [“If you say something over and over again, it begins to lose it's meaning... Say anything enough times and it becomes gibberish.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-berg/if-you-say-something-over-and-over-again-it-begins-to-lose-it-s/)

[Elizabeth Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-berg/)

> [“You know, sometimes marriage is iron. Sometimes it’s tissue paper. And I think the times it’s tissue paper are when you need to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-berg/you-know-sometimes-marriage-is-iron-sometimes-it-s-tissue-paper-and-i/)

[Elizabeth Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-berg/)

> [“It's not that he doesn't smile; it's that if his smile were something you drew, you'd erase it, thinking, Wrong.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-berg/it-s-not-that-he-doesn-t-smile-it-s-that-if-his-smile-were-something/)

[Elizabeth Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-berg/)

> [People say you should give until it hurts. I say you should give until it stops hurting. Know what I mean?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-berg/people-say-you-should-give-until-it-hurts-i-say-you-should-give-until/)

[Elizabeth Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-berg/)

> [“I should have said “powder room.” That would evoke the image of me sitting before a beautiful gold mirror, a vase of fresh flowers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-berg/i-should-have-said-powder-room-that-would-evoke-the-image-of-me/)

[Elizabeth Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-berg/)

> [Sometimes the best reading comes just by accident. Someone talks about a book, or you're just wandering the stacks in the library, and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-berg/sometimes-the-best-reading-comes-just-by-accident-someone-talks-about/)

[Elizabeth Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-berg/)

> [“I don’t think Martha’s so bad. I think I want her for a friend instead of you. When I look at her magazine, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-berg/i-don-t-think-martha-s-so-bad-i-think-i-want-her-for-a-friend-instead/)

[Elizabeth Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-berg/)

> [\*We give so little when it's in us always to give so much more. It's bothering to listen with an open heart to someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-berg/we-give-so-little-when-it-s-in-us-always-to-give-so-much-more-it-s/)

[Elizabeth Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-berg/)

> [We're not just writers; we're readers probably more than anything else. That's how you learn how to write and how you learn to appreciate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-berg/we-re-not-just-writers-we-re-readers-probably-more-than-anything-else/)

[Elizabeth Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-berg/)

> [I thought of the priest who'd told me that many religions hold that it is easier to be closely connected to people we love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-berg/i-thought-of-the-priest-who-d-told-me-that-many-religions-hold-that/)

[Elizabeth Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-berg/)

> [“How is it that we dare to honk at others in traffic, when we know nothing about where they have just come from or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-berg/how-is-it-that-we-dare-to-honk-at-others-in-traffic-when-we-know/)

[Elizabeth Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-berg/)

> [The truth is, we usually only show our unhappiness to another woman. I suppose this is one of our problems. And yet it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-berg/the-truth-is-we-usually-only-show-our-unhappiness-to-another-woman-i/)

[Elizabeth Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-berg/)

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