I remove my wedding rings and put them in the jewelry box. So many others have done this. I am not the… — Elizabeth Berg Boxes Copy Share Image
“the invisible dangers in a normal day wrought by overactive technology, fueled by greed. Soon we’ll have a whole world meeting for… — Elizabeth Berg Greed Copy Share Image
“I think, actually, that none of us understands anyone else very well, because we're all too shy to show what matters the… — Elizabeth Berg Humanity Copy Share Image
I cried until my eyes swelled shut, and then I slept, a black, dreamless sleep from which I awoke amazingly refreshed, at… — Elizabeth Berg Black Copy Share Image
“If you see a sunset and try to describe it to someone in normal words, all you can say is, 'Boy, I… — Elizabeth Berg Last night Copy Share Image
He wore a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the good place, and a heart-shaped leaf lay trapped in the… — Elizabeth Berg Dating Copy Share Image
I felt myself trapped in line for a ride I was not nearly ready for, looking back but moving forward in the… — Elizabeth Berg Lines Copy Share Image
“People are stupid. Why are they so stupid? There is an algorithm for the way humans were designed: love and be loved.… — Elizabeth Berg Love Copy Share Image
My favorite splurge is homemade chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream or a Sausage McMuffin with egg or scalloped potatoes or turkey… — Elizabeth Berg Cake Copy Share Image
My mom used to keep all her Christmas cards in a basket bedecked with red ribbon, and I loved to look at… — Elizabeth Berg Cards Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'Home Safe,' I wanted to look at a number of things: the mystery and joy and pain of creativity.… — Elizabeth Berg Creativity Copy Share Image
“You don't do so well with marriage. I don't think you've begun to realize all there is for you to love. And… — Elizabeth Berg Love Copy Share Image
“One thing about doing this kind of work, you develop a keen appreciation for the fact that you can walk. And see… — Elizabeth Berg Gratitude Copy Share Image
Well, most women are full to the brim, that's all...We are, most of us, ready to explode, especially when our children are… — Elizabeth Berg Attention Copy Share Image
A ritual or tradition can be as simple as something you do every night, like read a story to a small child,… — Elizabeth Berg Children Copy Share Image
Not being as self-contained as men, we need to share things: It's almost as though you only know what you feel about… — Elizabeth Berg Being Copy Share Image
Now, on this road trip, my mind seemed to uncrinkle, to breathe, to present to itself a cure for a disease it… — Elizabeth Berg Breathe Copy Share Image
Everybody knows the mother-daughter relationship is one of the most complex there is. — Elizabeth Berg Complex Copy Share Image
“...what John likes best are the small and undramatic moments that make for a kind of easy comfort, for a feeling of… — Elizabeth Berg Time Copy Share Image
Writing was always a release for me, a great joy. It wasn't work. — Elizabeth Berg Great Copy Share Image
My characters are like my children in a way. I create them, and then I worry about them forevermore. — Elizabeth Berg Children Copy Share Image
It feels like my books come true. I write these things, and then they kind of end up happening. I wasn't divorced,… — Elizabeth Berg Books Copy Share Image
“I am so often struck by what we do not do, all of us. And I am also, now, so acutely aware… — Elizabeth Berg Passage of time Copy Share Image
When I look at my own work, I see love, loss, and loneliness. Part of it might be that I was an… — Elizabeth Berg Army Copy Share Image
