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I cried until my eyes swelled shut, and then I slept, a black, dreamless sleep from which I awoke amazingly refreshed, at least until I remembered.
Elizabeth Berg
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Elizabeth Berg
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: December 2
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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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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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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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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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Sometimes serendipity is just intention unmasked.
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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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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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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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I believe that the souls of women flatten and anchor themselves in times of adversity, lay in for the stay.
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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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It will happen when you're not looking for it. Love likes to take you by surprise.
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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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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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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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Don't let your habits become handcuffs
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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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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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Remember me in your dreams, as I will you.
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