I just don't know anymore. God! I'm in a bad mood! It's like walking around in an itchy coat.
Elizabeth BergIt feels strange to see him; it's been a while. I feel as though I need to meet him all over again.
Elizabeth BergI was downstairs, reading."
" Now?" I strained to see her face. She was smiling, it appeared.
"Yes, now," she said. "It's nice, sometimes, to read in the middle of the night. The sky is so dark and soft-looking outside the window, all the stars out. You have just on light on, you know, and it seems to pour onto the page. Makes the book seem better. You are this little island, just up alone with a book. And you heard the night sounds of the house...It's so interesting to me, that sound. Time. The measure of it.
Tag: reading solitude time night light sounds book measure
The greatest understanding of a thing is when you can't reduce it any further
Elizabeth BergSometimes it seems like a little moment brings a whole world with it.
Elizabeth BergIf you see a sunset and try to describe it to someone in normal words, all you can say is, 'Boy, I saw a great sunset last night.' But if you are a poet, you give it to someone to feel for themselves. Like you make a little seed of what you saw, they swallow it, and it blooms again inside their own hearts.
Elizabeth BergI wish I could leave a trail of gratefulness behind me that you could see, glowing thanks. I would pay to see stars, but I never have to. This to me is one of those miracles.
Elizabeth Berg...wear a hat and some old lady shoes, and you can do whatever you want.
Elizabeth BergTag: aging
You know...it's like you live your life opening doors. One after the other. You open a door onto a hallway, which leads to another door, which leads to another hallway. But then one day you open a door and it's to a closet. It doesn't go anywhere.
Elizabeth BergI look in the mirror now, and even if I lost weight, there's just...Theres' nothing I can do. It's over. My bodyness. My attractiveness in my body. I can diet forever but it will never make me like I was.
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