"There are more experiences in life than you’d think for which there are no words."
— Anita Shreve

"There are random moments - tossing a salad, coming up the driveway to the house, ironing the seams flat on a quilt sqaure, 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."
— Elizabeth Berg

"I will come back as a little breeze. You will feel me on your face, and you will know that I am still listening. So you can still talk to me.
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— Elizabeth Berg, Talk Before Sleep

"You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges."
— Elizabeth Berg (The Art of Mending)