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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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Nurse
St Paul
Minnesota
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Woman
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Vigilantly
Childless
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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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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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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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There is incredible value in being of service to others.
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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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You don't get everything all at once. You wait.
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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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As far as I'm concerned, the most important thing you need when inventing characters is empathy.
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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 born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges.
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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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Don't let your habits become handcuffs
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Just one look and then I knew that all I longed for long ago was you
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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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I hate banana bread. It's too suspicious-looking. I always thought the cooked banana looked like insect legs.
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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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