This is one rule about mixing boys and girls: that a date always comes first. — Elizabeth Berg Boy and girl Copy Share Image
“Oh, Arthur, no one even sees you when you get old except for people who knew you when you were young.” — Elizabeth Berg Arthur Copy Share Image
“People who don’t feel cared for are not always comfortable being cared for.” — Elizabeth Berg Cared Copy Share Image
No matter what kind of writing you do, it's always the details that make the story. — Elizabeth Berg Always Copy Share Image
“He tells her that, when Nola first died, he thought he’d die himself, of the sorrow.” — Elizabeth Berg Grief Copy Share Image
“Willow trees dipped their bare branches into pond water like girls testing the temperature with their toes.” — Elizabeth Berg Bare branches Copy Share Image
Oftentimes, I need to write about something in order to understand it. — Elizabeth Berg Need Copy Share Image
I like my house to feel like a place where I can just lie back and say, 'Ahhhhh, I'm home.' — Elizabeth Berg Back Copy Share Image
Ideas come from life: what happens in mine, what I see happening in others', mixed with a great deal of imagination. I… — Elizabeth Berg Character Copy Share Image
“And in my head, a person who was out walking and walking in the dark comes to a little house with a… — Elizabeth Berg Dark Copy Share Image
No, I never thought that I would be a writer. I had always been told I could write well, but it never… — Elizabeth Berg Always Copy Share Image
I never meant to write about the experience of losing a good friend to breast cancer when I was going through it.… — Elizabeth Berg Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Once you start making decisions in which your heart, mind, and soul are congruent, you'll feel it as a kind of lift,… — Elizabeth Berg Art making Copy Share Image
It is never about how good your voice is; it is only about feeling the urge to sing, and then having the… — Elizabeth Berg Courage Copy Share Image
“I think it's a real gift to be able to say that what's in your life is enough. It seems most of… — Elizabeth Berg Contentment Copy Share Image
I look to find the heart and soul of people, of my characters. I look for the truth of them and the… — Elizabeth Berg Character Copy Share Image
“Steven sits back in the booth, crosses his arms. “My wife was cremated.” “Your wife…?” “She died when Maddy was two weeks… — Elizabeth Berg Marriage Copy Share Image
For all it's problems and difficulties, life is mostly a wonderful experience, and it is up to each person to make the… — Elizabeth Berg Difficulties Copy Share Image
“The owner was this very thin woman who looked sort of bitchy, which, think about it, most very thin women do-even when… — Elizabeth Berg Fat people Copy Share Image
I believe that the souls of women flatten and anchor themselves in times of adversity, lay in for the stay. I've heard… — Elizabeth Berg Adversity 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
“He tells her that, when Nola first died, he thought he’d die himself, of the sorrow. He says he’d read that grief… — Elizabeth Berg Death Copy Share Image
Everybody complains about getting older, but I find it such a rich time of life. There are negative things about it, I… — Elizabeth Berg Experience Copy Share Image
“These yanks into someone's personal past, that's the kind of history I like. Not wars, but who was your grandmother and what… — Elizabeth Berg Grandmother Copy Share Image
It will happen when you're not looking for it. Love likes to take you by surprise. — Elizabeth Berg Happen Copy Share Image
Ruth has friends like other people have wardrobes. I mean that there's someone for every occasion. — Elizabeth Berg Every occasion Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry! It's just that it hurts so much and it never stops!” — Elizabeth Berg Hurts Copy Share Image
My mind was in my heart, anchored like a bright kite in a safe place. — Elizabeth Berg Anchored Copy Share Image
I find life a mix of humor and pathos, and all my books reflect that to one degree or another. — Elizabeth Berg Books Copy Share Image
I hoped we never had to realize all the opportunities we missed in this life. — Elizabeth Berg Hoped Copy Share Image
I think conflict is one of the things that makes for a good story. — Elizabeth Berg Conflict Copy Share Image
Writing was always a release for me, a great joy. It wasn't work. — Elizabeth Berg Great Copy Share Image
If I'm on the road for Random House, I'm presenting a book with the hope people will buy it. — Elizabeth Berg Book Copy Share Image
“There is a lot of satisfaction, a lot of joy, that can come from doing something you love and that you’re good… — Elizabeth Berg Joy Copy Share Image
I think Chicago is the best city in the country, hands down, but I don't like the winter there anymore. — Elizabeth Berg Best Copy Share Image
Traditions insist upon themselves. Look around, and you will see them trying to exist everywhere, in everyone's life. — Elizabeth Berg Alike Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned, the most important thing you need when inventing characters is empathy. — Elizabeth Berg Character Copy Share Image
When I write a book, I don't have an idea of what I'm doing. I just go where it leads. — Elizabeth Berg Book Copy Share Image
When I write, I operate as a writer and a reader both - I never know what's going to happen. — Elizabeth Berg Books Copy Share Image
“Some people have no more burden than an avocado going bad.” — Elizabeth Berg Avocado Copy Share Image
