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
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
I've always felt an overwhelming need to get out what was inside. The vehicle for me was words on paper - not… — Elizabeth Berg Always Copy Share Image
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
“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
The seasons tell us, everything in organic life tells us, that there is no holding on; still, we try to do just… — Elizabeth Berg Celebrate Copy Share Image
“We are meant to use what we have, whatever it is. We are meant to be less mindful of our insides, more… — Elizabeth Berg Mindful Copy Share Image
“I don’t think Martha’s so bad. I think I want her for a friend instead of you. When I look at her… — Elizabeth Berg Friendship Copy Share Image
“I think of all that is happening elsewhere, as I lie here. Nearby, I can hear the sounds of a road crew.… — Elizabeth Berg Blossoms Copy Share Image
Well, anyway, her death changed our lives for the better, because it brought a kind of awareness, a specific sense of purpose… — Elizabeth Berg Appreciation Copy Share Image
“She is her odd self. The kiln has been fired. She is a person persnickity about keeping her house clean, but not… — Elizabeth Berg Person Copy Share Image
“It seemed impossible that men with hearts and brains were capable of it. Such devastation of cities, so many innocent lives lost.… — Elizabeth Berg World war 2 Copy Share Image
“Only way I can get any shut-eye is to sleep on the floor.” “I see.” “It ain’t permanent,” he said. “I’m working… — Elizabeth Berg Curtain Copy Share Image
“It seems like all the time people are making themselves themselves, but they don't really know it. You can only have true… — Elizabeth Berg Dreams 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
“I throw sticks for him, and it comes to me that it is a miracle I am able to do this: use… — Elizabeth Berg Strength Copy Share Image
Sometimes the best reading comes just by accident. Someone talks about a book, or you're just wandering the stacks in the library,… — Elizabeth Berg Accident Copy Share Image
“Let others bring knowledge of anatomy and physiology, of pharmacology and statistics. What Lainey brings to her husband is faith. Hope. And… — Elizabeth Berg Anatomy and physiology Copy Share Image
“Already I’ve seen that when you’re pulled away from your normal routine, it’s as though air and sunlight come into your brain… — Elizabeth Berg Habits Copy Share Image
“Do you guys ever think about how Hitler has affected the whole world? That just one man did all this? I mean,… — Elizabeth Berg Good man Copy Share Image
We are assumed to be rather hopeless - swallowed up by incorrect notions, divorced from the original genius with which we are… — Elizabeth Berg Born Copy Share Image
The process is different for every book, but there are similarities. I always draw from the inside out. I don't plot them… — Elizabeth Berg Ahead Copy Share Image
As for the notion that everything has already been said, maybe it has, but life is like meatloaf: there are so many… — Elizabeth Berg Different ways 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 Families Copy Share Image
“I just want to say one thing. If I ever write a novel again, it's going to be in defense of weak… — Elizabeth Berg Books Copy Share Image
“She doesn’t exactly know why kids don’t like her. She’s good-looking enough. She has a sense of humor. She’s not dumb. She… — Elizabeth Berg Cruelty Copy Share Image
The heart of myself has always been something just wanting so bad. I have had an empty center, black as a basement,… — Elizabeth Berg Basements 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
“I know you feel bad about it, but here’s what I want you to do. Create an imaginary box. Into that box… — Elizabeth Berg Hurt feelings 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
