“ CONTENTS COVER PAGE TITLE PAGE DEDICATION APRIL 1943 VALENTINE’S DAY, 1946 SEPTEMBER 2006 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR ALSO” — Elizabeth Berg Happiness Copy Share Image
“She put her hand over her heart. Oh boy. It hurts. It's a real pain. Right here.” — Elizabeth Berg Pain Copy Share Image
It's amazing how smart the body is. Though maybe we could do without loving. I think it's overrated, and I think it's… — Elizabeth Berg Body Copy Share Image
“You know who does it right? You know who does loving right?” “Who?” “Nobody. I mean, people can’t even … If you get a… — Elizabeth Berg Mean people Copy Share Image
“She goes back to bed, turns out the light, and can hear herself start to snore before she falls off into sleep.… — Elizabeth Berg Sleep Copy Share Image
“I miss you,” he says. “I still miss you, sweetheart. Every day is like the first day I lost you.” — Elizabeth Berg Every day Copy Share Image
When it's new and important, you have to rest in between times. And anyway, even when I like a person there is… — Elizabeth Berg Fine Copy Share Image
“People who don’t feel cared for are not always comfortable being cared for.” — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
Do you think that people ever really do believe they will die, that the world will just go along as always without… — Elizabeth Berg Believe Copy Share Image
“I always think incipent miracles surround us, waiting only to see if our faith is strong enough. We won't have to understand… — Elizabeth Berg Every day Copy Share Image
Writing is, of course, a solitary occupation. But for many writers, myself included, it's through writing that we make certain vital connections. — Elizabeth Berg Connections Copy Share Image
It is true that all mothers do things differently from their own mothers, but they don't necessarily do them better. — Elizabeth Berg Better Copy Share Image
“I was downstairs, reading." " Now?" I strained to see her face. She was smiling, it appeared. "Yes, now," she said. "It's… — Elizabeth Berg Book Copy Share Image
Never try to copy other writers, and never try to have a formula. It has to come from your heart and soul. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Copy Share Image
“What mattered was that at the end, someone who loved her sat by her, saying, I see you. I” — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“I am thinking about the way that life can be so slippery; the way that a twelve-year-old girl looking into the mirror… — Elizabeth Berg Aging Copy Share Image
“We catch what we can. We walk past what we lose for the promise of more, just ahead.” — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“I got tears in my eyes, but they were not the crying kind, they were just the kind that show you your… — Elizabeth Berg Psychology Copy Share Image
There are random moments - tossing a salad, coming up the driveway to the house, ironing the seams flat on a quilt… — Elizabeth Berg Arbitrary Copy Share Image
“Books don’t take time away from us,” she said. “They give it back. In this age of abstraction, of multitasking, of speed… — Elizabeth Berg Books Copy Share Image
“Well, you just don't seem very...proud of me." He started to say that he was, but she interrupted him, saying, "Don't. It's… — Elizabeth Berg Love Copy Share Image
