“You know I love you, but you are one of the most exasperating people I have ever met.” — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
No one wants to mother more vigilantly than a woman who is childless and wishes she wasn’t. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“That summer rain I mean that is so quiet and matter of fact and falls straight down like a curtain. Now” — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“It's not that he doesn't smile; it's that if his smile were something you drew, you'd erase it, thinking, Wrong.” — Elizabeth Berg Artist Copy Share Image
“I think the reason we're cruel sometimes is that we're afraid we're going to like something.” — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
Anything we have, we are only borrowing. Anything. Any time. — Elizabeth Berg Borrowing 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 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
“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 Copy Share Image
When you have that deep kind of hunger that is part longing, what's better to eat than the best apple pie? Or… — Elizabeth Berg Apple pie 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 Moments Copy Share Image
We're not just writers; we're readers probably more than anything else. That's how you learn how to write and how you learn… — Elizabeth Berg Books Copy Share Image
“Every day, Helen thought, so many people tap the bull on the shoulder and say, "Excuse me. I'm just going to grab… — Elizabeth Berg 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
“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
“Hey. Know what happened to me today?" He sits back and crosses his arms, smiles. "No. What happened to you today?" "Well,… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
I made cranberry sauce, and when it was done put it into a dark blue bowl for the beautiful contrast. I was… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“Oh, why isn’t there a Community Center for People Who Need a Little Something? If people would only tell the truth about… — Elizabeth Berg Truth Copy Share Image
“I decided in high school that I wasn't going to get married too soon. I'd forgotten that you can also wait too… — Elizabeth Berg High school 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
The things that brought me the most comfort now were too small to list. Raspberries in cream. Sparrows with cocked heads. Shadows… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“For ten years before I began writing for a living, I worked as a registered nurse. Never mind that the work was… — Elizabeth Berg Life Copy Share Image
“Here is the knowledge, so easy and mean: find what they love and wreck it. Simple.” — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
How important things had become, now that they were gone! I felt a sudden panic that I would soon forget everything. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
