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No one wants to mother more vigilantly than a woman who is childless and wishes she wasn’t.
Elizabeth Berg
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Elizabeth Berg
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: December 2
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Minnesota
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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 believe that the souls of women flatten and anchor themselves in times of adversity, lay in for the stay.
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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 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.
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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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It will happen when you're not looking for it. Love likes to take you by surprise.
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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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Abstracts are real and time is a lie, it cannot be measured when one moment can expand to hold everything.
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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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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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I hate banana bread. It's too suspicious-looking. I always thought the cooked banana looked like insect legs.
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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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You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges.
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