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Anything we have, we are only borrowing. Anything. Any time.

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Elizabeth Berg
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: December 2
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Novelist
Nurse
St Paul
Minnesota
Borrowing
Anything
Time

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But it seemed to me that this was the way we all lived: full to the brim with gratitude and joy one day, wrecked on the rocks the next. Finding the balance between the two was the art and the salvation.
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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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I will come back as a little breeze. You will feel me on your face, and you will know that I am still listening. So you can still talk to me.
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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 are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges.
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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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It feels like some part of me that was curled down and waiting in the dark has risen, and now stands stretching and strong in the sunshine. I knew it.
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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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No one wants to mother more vigilantly than a woman who is childless and wishes she wasn’t.
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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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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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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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Just one look and then I knew that all I longed for long ago was you
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