313 Quotes by Elizabeth Berg

Books don’t take time away from us,” she said. “They give it back. In this age of abstraction, of multitasking, of speed for speed’s sake, they reintroduce us to the elegance – and the relief! – of real, tick-tock time.

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.

There are certain things in your life that will become every important to you. You might not be able to explain to anyone else why they’re important. But you will expect the people who love you, the people who are your family, to respect those things.

I miss you,” he says. “I still miss you, sweetheart. Every day is like the first day I lost you.

He wore a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the good place, and a heart-shaped leaf lay trapped in the hollow if his throat as though it were planned, though of course it was so perfect it couldn’t have been planned.

We’re all trapped in a body with limitations, even the most able-bodied among us! And we’re all guided by minds with limitations of their own. You want to know my philosophy? It’s this: Our job, regardless of our bodily circumstances is to rise above what holds us down, and to help others do the same.

Everybody has thoughts that shame them. You can’t control them coming in. But you don’t have to let them all out.

This is the thing about strong people: you can mostly be scared of them but sometimes the way they are makes you feel safe.

I could still taste and smell and hear and see,” she said. “I could still learn and I could still teach. I could still love and be loved. I had my mind and my spirit. And I had you.