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You are always in my thoughts. When you were little, I knew your whereabouts at any given moment. Now that you are...off on your own, I still always know where you are, because I keep you in my heart.

Elizabeth Berg

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Elizabeth Berg
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: December 2
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Minnesota
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I thought of the priest who'd told me that many religions hold that it is easier to be closely connected to people we love after death than before.
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I like to listen to sad music when I’m sad. It seems honest. It makes me cry, and sometimes a good cry is the only thing that can make you feel better.
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This is one rule about mixing boys and girls: that a date always comes first.
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The truth is, aging can be your realest opportunity to decide how best to live - and the best incentive for getting you to do just that.
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We are assumed to be rather hopeless - swallowed up by incorrect notions, divorced from the original genius with which we are born, lost within days of living this distracting life.
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You don't get everything all at once. You wait.
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There is incredible value in being of service to others.
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For all it's problems and difficulties, life is mostly a wonderful experience, and it is up to each person to make the most of each day. I hope you are successful in your life, but look to the heavens and the earth and especially to other people to find your real wealth. Wherever I am, wherever you go, know that my love goes with you.
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Anything we have, we are only borrowing. Anything. Any time.
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Don't let your habits become handcuffs
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As far as I'm concerned, the most important thing you need when inventing characters is empathy.
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The truth is, we usually only show our unhappiness to another woman. I suppose this is one of our problems. And yet it is also one of our strengths.
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The seasons tell us, everything in organic life tells us, that there is no holding on still, we try to do just that. Sometimes, though, we learn the kind of wisdom that celebrates the open hand.
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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 the ass for the rest of your life.
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As a writer, you should have a sticky soul the act of continually taking things in should be as much a part of you as your hair color.
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There is incredible value in being of service to others. I think if many 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.
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