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Sometimes serendipity is just intention unmasked.

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Elizabeth Berg
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: December 2
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Nurse
St Paul
Minnesota
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Serendipity
Intention
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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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The things that brought me the most comfort now were too small to list. Raspberries in cream. Sparrows with cocked heads. Shadows of bare limbs making for sidewalk filigrees. Roses past their prime with their petals loose about them. The shouts of children at play in the neighborhood, Ginger Rogers on the black-and-white screen.
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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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There is incredible value in being of service to others.
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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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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 are some things you never say good-bye to
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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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You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges.
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It will happen when you're not looking for it. Love likes to take you by surprise.
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I turn off the radio, listen to the quiet. Which has its own, rich sound. Which I knew, but had forgotten. And it is good to remember.
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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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Anything we have, we are only borrowing. Anything. Any time.
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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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This is one rule about mixing boys and girls: that a date always comes first.
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Don't let your habits become handcuffs
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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 hadn't realized how much I'd been needing to meet someone I might be able to say everything to.
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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 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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