Ultimately, the less I know about what I'm doing, the better the work is. — Elizabeth Berg About Copy Share Image
I think it's harder - much harder - to be a good parent than to write a book. — Elizabeth Berg Book Copy Share Image
“Good weather will do this to people, bond them in their gratefulness.” — Elizabeth Berg Good weather Copy Share Image
We're such imperfect beings. I think that's more often the case than not. — Elizabeth Berg Beings Copy Share Image
“Funny how an animal can hurt your feelings when you’re all alone.” — Elizabeth Berg Animals Copy Share Image
I hoped we never had to realize all the opportunities we missed in this life. — Elizabeth Berg Life Copy Share Image
As a writer, you should have a sticky soul; the act of continually taking things in should be as much a part… — Elizabeth Berg Color Copy Share Image
“Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels." Marsha thinks about this. Then she says, "Not true." "I know," Tom says, and… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“When you take the small roads you see the life that goes on there, and this makes your own life larger.” — Elizabeth Berg Appreciation Copy Share Image
I would make an anonymous call and say, this is someone who cares, do you know what kind of children you have? — Elizabeth Berg Care Copy Share Image
I believe that the souls of women flatten and anchor themselves in times of adversity, lay in for the stay. — Elizabeth Berg Adversity Copy Share Image
*We give so little when it's in us always to give so much more. It's bothering to listen with an open heart… — Elizabeth Berg Bother Copy Share Image
With 'Durable Goods,' I meant only to write about being an army brat. What emerged was a story about compassion - the… — Elizabeth Berg Army Copy Share Image
I thought of the priest who'd told me that many religions hold that it is easier to be closely connected to people… — Elizabeth Berg After death Copy Share Image
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… — Elizabeth Berg Books Copy Share Image
“I should have said “powder room.” That would evoke the image of me sitting before a beautiful gold mirror, a vase of… — Elizabeth Berg Powder Room Copy Share Image
Outside, the rain sometimes comes down so hard, we have to talk louder, and it feels like a miracle that the roof… — Elizabeth Berg Choices Copy Share Image
It is a happy day when I am asked to publicly recommend a book. It is also a dilemma. When I consider… — Elizabeth Berg Book Copy Share Image
You must never check for a person's pulse using your thumb, or you'll feel your own heartbeat. Actually, I plan on doing… — Elizabeth Berg Checks Copy Share Image
“Did she ever think of that, that things experienced in ways different from hers were equally valuable? That the way that he… — Elizabeth Berg Heart Copy Share Image
“Nothing helped until the day she took a tablet and pencil into the basement and moved the event out of her and… — Elizabeth Berg Heart Copy Share Image
“All these small things are the glue that keeps you bound to your own life. They are the things that make you… — Elizabeth Berg Respect 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 hesitates, then turns and starts up her walk. Gives her a friendly smile, to boot. He wishes she wouldn’t wear a… — Elizabeth Berg Friendship Copy Share Image
“By now I was feeling the shame but also defiance. Like here, I'm carrying the banner for all of you who cut… — Elizabeth Berg Every day Copy Share Image
“Actors, painters, dancers, comedians, even just ordinary people doing ordinary things, what are they without an audience of some sort? See, that's… — Elizabeth Berg Audience Copy Share Image
“I learned a lot about medicine in those years, but I learned more about human nature. I learned about bravery and resilience,… — Elizabeth Berg Cancer Copy Share Image
The world of literature is so rich and so enriching. The value is inestimable of what reading does for you. — Elizabeth Berg Books Copy Share Image
“aging means the abandonment of criticism and the taking on of compassionate acceptance.” — Elizabeth Berg Acceptance Copy Share Image
“I think the reason we're cruel sometimes is that we're afraid we're going to like something.” — Elizabeth Berg Afraid Copy Share Image
“It's not that he doesn't smile; it's that if his smile were something you drew, you'd erase it, thinking, Wrong.” — Elizabeth Berg Artist Copy Share Image
“Always pick the thing that is not a chain, is one way to try to save the world.” — Elizabeth Berg Choice Copy Share Image
If there were a category in the Olympics for laundry, my mother would have been a gold-medal winner. — Elizabeth Berg Been Copy Share Image
“Arthur thinks that, above all, aging means the abandonment of criticism and the taking on of compassionate acceptance.” — Elizabeth Berg Aging Copy Share Image
One thing I have always been is too short. It's adorable when you're in junior high. After that, it's a pain in… — Elizabeth Berg Adorable Copy Share Image
