“Keep the fire in the kitchen to see if it outlasts the storms and rain outside.” — David Bergen Copy Share Image
Way back in 1989, I got lucky with my first published story when it was selected for the Journey Prize anthology. Then I got… — David Bergen Copy Share Image
“-Because they're free. -They might look free, but they aren't. Believe me. You're free. -How am I free? -You're free to be modest. You're… — David Bergen Copy Share Image
“Hope knew that her thinking regarding books went contrary to the general sentiment of the people of Eden. Books were seen as a waste… — David Bergen Copy Share Image
“The most difficult part of being a mother was to observe the mistakes of one's children: the foolish loves, the desperate solitude and alienation,… — David Bergen Copy Share Image
“They saw the world in different ways. For him, life was like a story that had answers, or a conclusion that made sense. For… — David Bergen Copy Share Image
“Hope had finally learned to live in the present. Often, when she found herself in a space of tremendous comfort, usually out in nature,… — David Bergen Copy Share Image
“-And what would you do if you lost a child? -I would think I was going to die, Elena said. But I wouldn't. I… — David Bergen Copy Share Image
“She left feeling dirty, and on the bus ride home she knew that what her uncles told her had come true: she had been… — David Bergen Copy Share Image
It's somewhat of a contradiction, .. I guess the quieter the voice, the more necessary it is to push it. It's not going to… — David Bergen Copy Share Image
“Keep the fire in the kitchen to see if it outlasts the storms and rain outside.” — David Bergen Copy Share Image
“You have to be colder. Then he will come to you. The more you pull, she said, the more he'll run. A boy, a… — David Bergen Copy Share Image
“Morris had been raised a Mennonite stoic in a tribe that wasn't a tribe at all, but more a failed cult whose main sources… — David Bergen Copy Share Image
