In writing a novel about George Sand, I hoped to present her as the talented, beguiling, complicated and occasionally infuriating woman I… — Elizabeth Berg Books Copy Share Image
I have always believed in helping people whose work I admire. — Elizabeth Berg Admire Copy Share Image
“hiraeth, a Welsh word that means a homesickness for a home you cannot return to, or that maybe never was; it means… — Elizabeth Berg Home Copy Share Image
“I throw sticks for him, and it comes to me that it is a miracle I am able to do this: use… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“Who doesn't long for one more time of seeing someone they've loved and lost? And yet what would you say, what would… — Elizabeth Berg Loved and lost Copy Share Image
You should not pay too much attention to what anyone tells you, including me. It's very, very important to follow your own… — Elizabeth Berg Attention Copy Share Image
Anything we have, we are only borrowing. Anything. Any time. — Elizabeth Berg Borrowing Copy Share Image
“I just don't know anymore. God! I'm in a bad mood! It's like walking around in an itchy coat.” — Elizabeth Berg Bad mood Copy Share Image
“Frank, saying, Who cares what happens before we’re born and after we die? The question is, what do we do in the… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“The best thing that can happen to me when I'm writing fiction is to lose sight of the fact that I'm writing… — Elizabeth Berg Shy person Copy Share Image
I hate banana bread. It's too suspicious-looking. I always thought the cooked banana looked like insect legs. — Elizabeth Berg Bananas Copy Share Image
People see 'tradition' as something stultifying, old, and rigid, nothing that has meaning or application for us today. But families shouldn't have… — Elizabeth Berg Family Copy Share Image
“The one to tell. The one to be told by. For him, that was marriage.” — Elizabeth Berg Marriage Copy Share Image
“You have so much love to give! But I feel like you’re all the time digging in the tomato bin, saying, ‘Where… — Elizabeth Berg Love Copy Share Image
“But finally my own version of God came to me in a dream, complete with a name: Corambe. He was a warm… — Elizabeth Berg Dreams Copy Share Image
“When Suzie introduced Helen, she told the audience that one of the best things about books is that they are an interactive… — Elizabeth Berg Art Copy Share Image
I will come back as a little breeze. You will feel me on your face, and you will know that I am… — Elizabeth Berg Breeze Copy Share Image
“welcome antidote to the speed of modern life. By their very nature, letters allow for more consideration of the words and thoughts… — Elizabeth Berg Life Copy Share Image
If I could say anything to aspiring writers, it's to keep your own counsel, first and foremost. — Elizabeth Berg Anything Copy Share Image
I think conflict is one of the things that makes for a good story. — Elizabeth Berg Conflict Copy Share Image
No, I am not my mother. I am deeply, endlessly grateful for what she did and who she was, but I am… — Elizabeth Berg Grateful Copy Share Image
“Books educate and inspire, and they soothe souls -- like comfort food without the calories.” — Elizabeth Berg Books Copy Share Image
Life is so fragile, so brief. And we seemingly work so hard at trying to ignore that. — Elizabeth Berg Fragile Copy Share Image
“What is it that makes a family? Certainly no document does, no legal pronouncement or accident of birth. No, real families come… — Elizabeth Berg Family Copy Share Image
I think titles are extremely important for novels: They can set the tone, tip you off, serve as shorthand for what the… — Elizabeth Berg Books Copy Share Image
