If there were a category in the Olympics for laundry, my mother would have been a gold-medal winner. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
The friends in my real life do tend to be smart and funny and creative. I am lucky! — Elizabeth Berg Funny Copy Share Image
“The person with the bleeding finger doesn't hurt less for the person next to him with the bleeding arm.” — Elizabeth Berg World war ii Copy Share Image
We're such imperfect beings. I think that's more often the case than not. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
For me as a writer, it's so joyful to know that someone hears and responds to what I write. — Elizabeth Berg Joyful Copy Share Image
“...wear a hat and some old lady shoes, and you can do whatever you want.” — Elizabeth Berg Aging Copy Share Image
When you've written long enough, you see that there's a common theme in your work. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“I just don't know anymore. God! I'm in a bad mood! It's like walking around in an itchy coat.” — Elizabeth Berg Bad mood Copy Share Image
“I should have said “powder room.” That would evoke the image of me sitting before a beautiful gold mirror, a vase of… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“I like to do things in bed. I fold the laundry on the bed. Food tastes better to me when I'm under… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
As a writer, you should have a sticky soul; the act of continually taking things in should be as much a part… — Elizabeth Berg Color Copy Share Image
Nurses don't get paid very much. It didn't take long to realize that I could make more as a writer. I loved… — Elizabeth Berg 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
“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
“Everybody makes mistakes, sometimes even before we get up in the morning. We can’t help but make mistakes. The important thing is… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
Outside, the rain sometimes comes down so hard, we have to talk louder, and it feels like a miracle that the roof… — Elizabeth Berg Choices Copy Share Image
“I was downstairs, reading." " Now?" I strained to see her face. She was smiling, it appeared. "Yes, now," she said. "It's… — Elizabeth Berg Book Copy Share Image
“The summer I was ten years old, there was a group of kids in my neighborhood who played together every night after… — Elizabeth Berg Death Copy Share Image
“You are where I unlock myself, where I say that I have often put down my wooden spoon to stare out the… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“There are guys bleeding to death who don't know it, they're smiling, they're talking, they don't feel pain because they're in shock,… — Elizabeth Berg Death Copy Share Image
“He hesitates, then turns and starts up her walk. Gives her a friendly smile, to boot. He wishes she wouldn’t wear a… — Elizabeth Berg Friendship Copy Share Image
I wondered what my father had looked like that day, how he had felt, marrying the lively and beautiful girl who was… — Elizabeth Berg Beautiful Copy Share Image
“mostly, you only make a change, the balding chinese man tells me. I stare at him for a moment, uncomprehending, wondering if… — Elizabeth Berg Change Copy Share Image
I think the most important quality for a writer to have is empathy. — Elizabeth Berg Empathy Copy Share Image
Whenever I write a novel, most of the time it starts with barest slip of an idea. — Elizabeth Berg Books Copy Share Image
I hate banana bread. It's too suspicious-looking. I always thought the cooked banana looked like insect legs. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“When you take the small roads you see the life that goes on there, and this makes your own life larger.” — Elizabeth Berg Appreciation Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the less I know about what I'm doing, the better the work is. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
I think it's harder - much harder - to be a good parent than to write a book. — Elizabeth Berg Book Copy Share Image
I believe that the souls of women flatten and anchor themselves in times of adversity, lay in for the stay. — Elizabeth Berg Adversity Copy Share Image
I would make an anonymous call and say, this is someone who cares, do you know what kind of children you have? — Elizabeth Berg Anonymous 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 Copy Share Image
My mind was in my heart, anchored like a bright kite in a safe place. — Elizabeth Berg 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
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
