If I could visit dead authors, I'd head right over to E. B. White, though I'm so in awe of him I'd… — Elizabeth Berg Awe Copy Share Image
“I made him ricotta pancakes with pecan syrup for breakfast. And he ate them, knowing he’d be dumping me right afterward. What… — Elizabeth Berg Pancakes 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
“When Arthur gets home, he pulls the mail from the box, brings it into the kitchen to sort through it, then tosses… — Elizabeth Berg Junk mail Copy Share Image
“I never saw the point in going out to fancy restaurants. It’s not that I don’t appreciate good food; I love good… — Elizabeth Berg Food Copy Share Image
“one of the hardest things in life is fessing up to what you want most, because if you do that, and you… — Elizabeth Berg Hard 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 Feel Copy Share Image
“I wish I could leave a trail of gratefulness behind me that you could see, glowing thanks. I would pay to see… — Elizabeth Berg Gratefulness 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
“Whenever Sadie sees engagement rings, she feels a strange mix of emotions: a kind of excitement mixed with a vague sadness. A… — Elizabeth Berg Engagement ring Copy Share Image
“Didn’t I tell you about her? She stuck her fingers in her vagina and then rubbed the stuff behind her ears. She… — Elizabeth Berg Vagina 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 resents the very posture of people who are online, the way they bend their backs over their various devices, blocking out… — Elizabeth Berg People Online Copy Share Image
“I wasn't sure it was right to abandon myself to lighthearted banter, to allow someone to interfere with my being able to… — Elizabeth Berg Abandon Copy Share Image
She sits down and puts her hand to her chest and rocks. Thinks of all she has lost and will lose. All… — Elizabeth Berg Aprons 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 Cats 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 Meantime Copy Share Image
“Arthur thinks that, above all, aging means the abandonment of criticism and the taking on of compassionate acceptance.” — Elizabeth Berg Aging Copy Share Image
I always wrote as a vehicle for expression but did not try writing for publication until my mid-thirties, at which time I… — Elizabeth Berg Books Copy Share Image
“I once read that Martha Stewart never wears a bathrobe. Not that I like Martha Stewart, nobody likes Martha Stewart, I don’t… — Elizabeth Berg Martha Stewart 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
“Did she ever think of that, that things experienced in ways different from hers were equally valuable? That the way that he… — Elizabeth Berg Heart Copy Share Image
One thing I have always been is too short. It's adorable when you're in junior high. After that, it's a pain in… — Elizabeth Berg Adorable 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
“Martha Raye slipped up to the colonel and she said, 'Sir, where do we eat?' He said, 'You mess with the men.'… — Elizabeth Berg Colonel Copy Share Image
“You know before you know, of course. You are bending over the dryer, pulling out the still-warm sheets, and the knowledge walks… — Elizabeth Berg Dryer Copy Share Image
Sometimes I try to remember things my mother told me about the awful way he was raised. But why does he have… — Elizabeth Berg Awful Copy Share Image
“Come over here and light me a cigarette," she'd said. I'd snuck a little inhale, and my mother had smiled. But then… — Elizabeth Berg Inhale Copy Share Image
My mother and her five sisters have always been living examples of the great love that can exist among sisters - and… — Elizabeth Berg Family 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
With 'Durable Goods,' I meant only to write about being an army brat. What emerged was a story about compassion - the… — Elizabeth Berg Army Copy Share Image
“I think people see death as the hunter, but it's just the ticket taker, the timekeeper. It's the sound of a record… — Elizabeth Berg Death Copy Share Image
I thought of the priest who'd told me that many religions hold that it is easier to be closely connected to people… — Elizabeth Berg After death Copy Share Image
“There is an algorithm for the way humans were designed: love and be loved. Follow it and you’re happy. Fight against it… — Elizabeth Berg Algorithm Copy Share Image
It is a happy day when I am asked to publicly recommend a book. It is also a dilemma. When I consider… — Elizabeth Berg Book Copy Share Image
“We live but a short time, at the longest. How do we make our lives mean something? If we die in glory,… — Elizabeth Berg Goals Copy Share Image
You must never check for a person's pulse using your thumb, or you'll feel your own heartbeat. Actually, I plan on doing… — Elizabeth Berg Checks Copy Share Image
“Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels." Marsha thinks about this. Then she says, "Not true." "I know," Tom says, and… — Elizabeth Berg Food Copy Share Image
“I will be so glad for you to hear not the sounds of gunfire but the sounds of church bells, and of… — Elizabeth Berg Church bells Copy Share Image
“She honestly wondered sometimes which fate was worse, death or standing behind a curtain and looking out at the street at all… — Elizabeth Berg Death Copy Share Image
