“You are always in my thoughts. When you were little, I knew your whereabouts at any given moment. Now that you are...off on your own, I still always know where you are, because I keep you in my heart.” KnowsHeartLittlesStillsMomentsGivenMy HeartWhere You AreMy ThoughtsWhereabouts Author:Elizabeth Berg
“There are random moments - tossing a salad, coming up the driveway to the house, ironing the seams flat on a quilt square, standing at the kitchen window and looking out at the delphiniums, hearing a burst of laughter from one of my children's rooms - when I feel a wavelike rush of joy. This is my true religion: arbitrary moments of of nearly painful happiness for a life I feel privileged to lead.” FeelsChildrenMomentsHappinessJoyReligionHouseRoomsLaughterStandingWindowPainfulHearingMy ChildrenKitchenFlatsSquaresPrivilegedArbitrarySaladTrue ReligionQuiltsDriveway Author:Elizabeth Berg
“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.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldBelieveLooksLittlesMomentsDiesWonderShouldersCrossover Book:The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation Source: The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation
“Well, anyway, her death changed our lives for the better, because it brought a kind of awareness, a specific sense of purpose and appreciation we hadn't had before. Would I trade that in order to have her back? In a fraction of a millisecond. But I won't ever have her back. So I have taken this, as her great gift to us. But. Do I block her out? Never. Do I think of her? Always. In some part of my brain, I think of her every single moment of every single day.” ThinkingWellsKindMomentsPurposeOrderBrainTakenOur LivesAwarenessChangedTradeAppreciationBlockFractionsGreat Gifts Author:Elizabeth Berg
“Abstracts are real and time is a lie, it cannot be measured when one moment can expand to hold everything.” RealMomentsLying Book:Never Change Source: Never Change
“...in my head, a person who was out walking and walking in the dark comes to a little house with a light on. Waits at the door for a moment, and then goes in finds such a welcome that she stays.” LittlesPersonsMomentsLightHouseWaitingDarkDoorsWalkingWelcomeWalking In The Dark Book:True To Form Source: True To Form
