Author: Elizabeth Berg

Quotes

Really, my sacred place is my study where there are books that I love and things that people have given me.

Really, my sacred place is my study where there are books that I love and things that people have given me.

- Elizabeth Berg

We're not just writers; we're readers probably more than anything else. That's how you learn how to write and how you learn to appreciate good writing: by reading.

We're not just writers; we're readers probably more than anything else. That's how you learn how to write and how you learn to appreciate good writing: by reading.

- Elizabeth Berg

Traditions are the inventions of people who mean to routinely put love and comfort and meaning into their lives and in the lives of those they live with.

Traditions are the inventions of people who mean to routinely put love and comfort and meaning into their lives and in the lives of those they live with.

- Elizabeth Berg

Life is so fragile, so brief. And we seemingly work so hard at trying to ignore that.

Life is so fragile, so brief. And we seemingly work so hard at trying to ignore that.

- Elizabeth Berg

I do think that there's an art form to parenting, and I have nothing but admiration for those who do it well.

I do think that there's an art form to parenting, and I have nothing but admiration for those who do it well.

- Elizabeth Berg

As for my 'real life,' yes, I do have friends who are different from me, and I find it refreshing being around them.

As for my 'real life,' yes, I do have friends who are different from me, and I find it refreshing being around them.

- Elizabeth Berg

As we continue to become a society of tweets, shorter and shorter messages, there's great value in the contemplation and reflection that comes from reading a long body of work.

As we continue to become a society of tweets, shorter and shorter messages, there's great value in the contemplation and reflection that comes from reading a long body of work.

- Elizabeth Berg

Everybody knows the mother-daughter relationship is one of the most complex there is.

Everybody knows the mother-daughter relationship is one of the most complex there is.

- Elizabeth Berg

A ritual or tradition can be as simple as something you do every night, like read a story to a small child, or something you do weekly, such as go out for Chinese food.

A ritual or tradition can be as simple as something you do every night, like read a story to a small child, or something you do weekly, such as go out for Chinese food.

- Elizabeth Berg

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