“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, the lack of will, the gullibility, the joyous and naive leaps into the unknown, the ignorance,… — David Bergen Copy Share Image
“Her mother had once told her that one could run away from home, from husband, from children, from trouble, but it was impossible to run away from oneself. "You always have to take yourself with you," she said. And now,… — 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
