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It will happen when you're not looking for it. Love likes to take you by surprise.

Elizabeth Berg

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Elizabeth Berg
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: December 2
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St Paul
Minnesota
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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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My mind was in my heart, anchored like a bright kite in a safe place.
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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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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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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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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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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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This is one rule about mixing boys and girls: that a date always comes first.
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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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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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There are some things you never say good-bye 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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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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Sometimes serendipity is just intention unmasked.
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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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Remember me in your dreams, as I will you.
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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 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 hate banana bread. It's too suspicious-looking. I always thought the cooked banana looked like insect legs.
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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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