Liz Rosenberg Quotes & Sayings

If you think you have come to an unhappy ending, it is not the true end. Keep going awhile. — Liz Rosenberg

But it was no use. I had the kind of heart that would always be breaking. — Liz Rosenberg

I am remembering it now. — Liz Rosenberg

The secret to those who write is that they come to the art simply because they cannot speak. — Liz Rosenberg

Every family has one living patriarch or matriarch, the final arbiter and repository of ancient family history, and Nicole's Aunt Patti was the last woman standing. — Liz Rosenberg

I learned for the first time that when we lose the people closest to us, we tend to become more like them - as if to fill immediately the unbearable lack they have left behind. — Liz Rosenberg

Nonsense," Bridget said. "The secret to happiness is freedom - and the secret to freedom is courage. — Liz Rosenberg

The one sure thing in this life is change. That is the one thing you may rely upon. — Liz Rosenberg

The purpose of family is to preserve life,' Aunt Patti said. 'We treat family members the way we're supposed to treat everyone on the planet. — Liz Rosenberg

And that was the thing: you couldn't just stand there gawking at the world. A car slipped by. Then another. It was as if she'd stood frozen by the river of the world and gratefully stepped back into it, resuming her place ... The world waited, cold, grim, alive, beautiful. There was no saying no to it. — Liz Rosenberg

Let's agree right here at the outset that memory is made up of one part perception, one part intuition, and one part pure invention. — Liz Rosenberg

These secrets came down my own ornately curved and twisting family line. For family stories are never as direct as history books, and therefore they are more true. — Liz Rosenberg

People get so frightened for no reason, but I'll tell you, to live with no purpose is a far more frightening proposition ... You bring yourself to say yes when you always thought the only possible answer was no, and your whole world changes. — Liz Rosenberg