You don't get everything all at once. You wait. Elizabeth Berg More Quotes by Elizabeth Berg More Quotes From Elizabeth Berg There is incredible value in being of service to others. I think if most of the people in therapy offices were dragged out to put their finger in a dike, take up their place in a working line, they would be relieved of terrible burdens. Elizabeth Berg Everybody complains about getting older, but I find it such a rich time of life. There are negative things about it, I suppose, but more than that, I'm finding it to be a very positive experience in which growth suggests itself in a much more alluring way than it did when I was young - isn't that funny? Elizabeth Berg time positive life funny Traditions are the inventions of people who mean to routinely put love and comfort and meaning into their lives and in the lives of those they live with. Elizabeth Berg meaning live love people A ritual or tradition can be as simple as something you do every night, like read a story to a small child, or something you do weekly, such as go out for Chinese food. Elizabeth Berg you simple food night My favorite splurge is homemade chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream or a Sausage McMuffin with egg or scalloped potatoes or turkey yanked right off the carcass and dipped in gravy or See's chocolate. Elizabeth Berg see ice-cream cake chocolate The world of literature is so rich and so enriching. The value is inestimable of what reading does for you. Elizabeth Berg value you rich world Everybody knows the mother-daughter relationship is one of the most complex there is. Elizabeth Berg complex everybody knows relationship If there were a category in the Olympics for laundry, my mother would have been a gold-medal winner. Elizabeth Berg been winner laundry mother If I don't feel like writing on a certain day, I just go to the cafe and hang around. Elizabeth Berg cafe feel day writing As for my 'real life,' yes, I do have friends who are different from me, and I find it refreshing being around them. Elizabeth Berg me friends real life As we continue to become a society of tweets, shorter and shorter messages, there's great value in the contemplation and reflection that comes from reading a long body of work. Elizabeth Berg great society reflection work When you have that deep kind of hunger that is part longing, what's better to eat than the best apple pie? Or the best potato salad and guacamole? Or the best deviled eggs and crab cakes and white chocolate raspberry pie? Elizabeth Berg deep best you white I'm the kind of person who is entertained watching someone simply be themselves, whether they're putting their children to bed or making dinner or sitting at the table reading the morning newspaper. Elizabeth Berg dinner reading morning children I never meant to write about the experience of losing a good friend to breast cancer when I was going through it. But after it was over, I realized that although something deeply sad had happened, something truly beautiful also had. Elizabeth Berg good sad experience beautiful I think it's harder - much harder - to be a good parent than to write a book. Elizabeth Berg good think parent book I love to listen to people talk, especially when they're being really honest and they're not trying to sound any particular way. Elizabeth Berg trying love people way I look to find the heart and soul of people, of my characters. I look for the truth of them and the truths about life that are presented through them. Elizabeth Berg soul truth heart life 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 through myself connections writing It is true that all mothers do things differently from their own mothers, but they don't necessarily do them better. Elizabeth Berg true own better things I don't really like questions about the writing process, because the truth is I don't know how I write. Elizabeth Berg know truth-is truth writing
