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You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges.

Elizabeth Berg

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Elizabeth Berg
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: December 2
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St Paul
Minnesota
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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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Abstracts are real and time is a lie, it cannot be measured when one moment can expand to hold everything.
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Anything we have, we are only borrowing. Anything. Any time.
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I believe that the souls of women flatten and anchor themselves in times of adversity, lay in for the stay.
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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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I cried until my eyes swelled shut, and then I slept, a black, dreamless sleep from which I awoke amazingly refreshed, at least until I remembered.
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Don't let your habits become handcuffs
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It's amazing how smart the body is. Though maybe we could do without loving. I think it's overrated, and I think it's too hard. You should only love your children that is necessary, because otherwise you might kill them. But to love a man? It's overrated, and it's too hard and I will never, ever do it again.
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My mind was in my heart, anchored like a bright kite in a safe place.
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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.
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Oh just wait. It takes a lot of time, that's all...You'll have come to a certain kind of appreciation that moves beyond all the definitions of love you've ever had. A certain richness happens only later in life. I guess its' a kind of mellowing. p 80 talking about marriage and husbands
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You feel the call. That's the important thing. Now answer it as fully as you can. Take the risk to let all that is in you, out. Escape into the open.
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I don't think men try to make women be like them, but I think women try to make men be like them, a lot.
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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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I hadn't realized how much I'd been needing to meet someone I might be able to say everything to.
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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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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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Remember me in your dreams, as I will you.
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There is incredible value in being of service to others.
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I hate banana bread. It's too suspicious-looking. I always thought the cooked banana looked like insect legs.
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