“I don't think men try to make women be like them, but I think women try to make men be like them, a lot.” ThinkingMenTrying Author:Elizabeth Berg
“Make time for prayer and reflection; try to understand your value as a man on earth but see, too, your proper place in the scheme of things. It may sound funny to say this, but I have come to see that we are all far more important and less important than we think.” ThinkingMenTryingMayImportantEarthValuesSoundPrayerReflectionSchemesMaking Time Book:Dream When You're Feeling Blue: A Novel Source: Dream When You're Feeling Blue: A Novel
“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.” KnowsTryingDesireStrongConnectionsLongingIntimacySpiteLonerTrue Ones Book:Never Change Source: Never Change
“The seasons tell us, everything in organic life tells us, that there is no holding on; still, we try to do just that. Sometimes, though, we learn the kind of wisdom that celebrates the open hand.” TryingKindStillsSometimesHandsSeasonsCelebrateHolding OnOrganic Life Book:Never Change Source: Never Change
“Sometimes I try to remember things my mother told me about the awful way he was raised. But why does he have to keep on going? Why would you take something bad out of your mouth and hand it to another, saying, Here, eat this?” WayTryingDoeSometimesHandsRememberMotherFatherMouthsRaisedAwful Author:Elizabeth Berg
