I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

If I were blind I'd rather have another blind person leading me around because they know what I'm dealing with and they're experiencing the same things.

There's never a false note in a Berg novel.

Do not wait for the healing to arrive. It will never come. The holes will never leave or be filled with anything at all. But holes are interesting things.

My mother is from Cairo, Georgia. This makes everything she says sound like it went through a curling iron.

When I ate vanilla frosting straight from the can, I could feel God standing right nest to me like a real best friend, watching, and smiling, and wishing he had a mouth.

Saying just the right thing after a considerable, awkward pause is far less effective than saying the wrong thing with perfect timing. I'm telling you.