“Oh, Arthur, no one even sees you when you get old except for people who knew you when you were young.” — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
This is one rule about mixing boys and girls: that a date always comes first. — Elizabeth Berg Boy and girl Copy Share Image
“People who don’t feel cared for are not always comfortable being cared for.” — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
My characters are like my children in a way. I create them, and then I worry about them forevermore. — Elizabeth Berg Character Copy Share Image
Just one look and then I knew that all I longed for long ago was you — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“We catch what we can. We walk past what we lose for the promise of more, just ahead.” — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“Everybody has thoughts that shame them. You can’t control them coming in. But you don’t have to let them all out.” — Elizabeth Berg Shame 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 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 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
“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 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 once read that Martha Stewart never wears a bathrobe. Not that I like Martha Stewart, nobody likes Martha Stewart, I don’t… — Elizabeth Berg 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
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 Copy Share Image
“The best thing that can happen to me when I'm writing fiction is to lose sight of the fact that I'm writing… — Elizabeth Berg Shy person Copy Share Image
“You know...it's like you live your life opening doors. One after the other. You open a door onto a hallway, which leads… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
Some people read an interesting or provocative newspaper article, and that's the end of that. A writer reads such an article, and… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
But in spite of my great desire for intimacy, I've always been a loner. Perhaps when the longing for connection is as… — Elizabeth Berg Connections Copy Share Image
There are people who have never studied writing who are capable of being writers. I know this because I am an example.… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“We ate, we slept, we formed our kaleidoscopic relationships and marched ever forward. We licked chocolate from our fingers. We arranged flowers… — Elizabeth Berg 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
Everybody knows the mother-daughter relationship is one of the most complex there is. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
I can't decide if I'm a hippie or elegant older woman, a farmer's wife, a crazy person. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
It is true that all mothers do things differently from their own mothers, but they don't necessarily do them better. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
People don't take you seriously, so you have to take yourself seriously. — Elizabeth Berg People Copy Share Image
“There I was, waiting, afraid I’d never experience the kind of joy yet to come, but hoping for it just the same.” — Elizabeth Berg Hope Copy Share Image
I hadn't realized how much I'd been needing to meet someone I might be able to say everything to. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“It feels strange to see him; it's been a while. I feel as though I need to meet him all over again.” — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
If I were to draw on a paper what gym does for me, I would make one dot and then I would… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
I do think that there's an art form to parenting, and I have nothing but admiration for those who do it well. — Elizabeth Berg Admiration Copy Share Image
“There are only three kinds of Irishmen who can't understand women. Young men, old men and men of middle age.” — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“history is shaped by the belief systems of those who made it.” — Elizabeth Berg Belief Copy Share Image
When I lived alone in Chicago, I had a lot of loneliness issues. — Elizabeth Berg Alone Copy Share Image
“Divorce is a series of internal earthquakes, that’s what it is, one after the other.” — Elizabeth Berg Divorce Copy Share Image
People say you should give until it hurts. I say you should give until it stops hurting. Know what I mean? — Elizabeth Berg Giving Copy Share Image
“They say that one of the reasons for tragedy is that you learn important lessons from it.” — Elizabeth Berg Important lessons Copy Share Image
Elvis is symbolic of a lot of things, dreams coming true being one of them. — Elizabeth Berg Being Copy Share Image
