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I remove my wedding rings and put them in the jewelry box. So many others have done this. I am not the only one. I am not the only one. But here, I am the only one.

Elizabeth Berg

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Elizabeth Berg
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: December 2
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St Paul
Minnesota
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Do you think that people ever really do believe they will die, that the world will just go along as always without them? I wonder if we aren't all a little surprised at the moment of crossover, if we don't look back over our shoulders saying, Now hold on.
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Sometimes serendipity is just intention unmasked.
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I believe that the souls of women flatten and anchor themselves in times of adversity, lay in for the stay. I've heard that when elephants are attacked they often run, not away, but toward each other. Perhaps it is because they are a matriarchal society.
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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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Just one look and then I knew that all I longed for long ago was you
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But in spite of my great desire for intimacy, I've always been a loner. Perhaps when the longing for connection is as strong as it is in me, when the desire is for something so deep and true, one knows better than to try. One sees that this is not the place for that.
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I felt myself trapped in line for a ride I was not nearly ready for, looking back but moving forward in the only direction I could go.
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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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It is never about how good your voice is it is only about feeling the urge to sing, and then having the courage to do it with the voice you are given.
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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 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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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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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 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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I hate banana bread. It's too suspicious-looking. I always thought the cooked banana looked like insect legs.
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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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