Elizabeth Berg Quotes

Family traditions counter alienation and confusion. They help us define who we are; they provide something steady, reliable and safe in a confusing world.

Traditions are the inventions of people who mean to routinely put love and comfort and meaning into their lives and in the lives of those they live with.

If you grow up with traditions in your family, it's always nice to be able to get home and have those moments.

I grew up in a very old-fashioned Roman Catholic, Italian-Irish family in Philly.

I stayed close to my family. My family never changed.

I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.

Novelty is adaptive when things are changing and you need to adapt yourself. Tradition is essential to lay down the stability to raise families and form cohesive social groups.

Tradition is the illusion of permanance.

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.

We are building our own tradition of families for which we demand respect.

A deep meaning resides in old customs.

Traditions are our roots and a profile of who we are as individuals and who we are as a family. They are our roots, which give us stability and a sense of belonging - they ground us.

Kids need rituals. They need the security of them, the bonding time of them.

Traditions insist upon themselves. Look around, and you will see them trying to exist everywhere, in everyone's life.

The family is not only a living arrangement. It has always been a symbol of survival.

The family has always been the cornerstone of American society.

The family is a creation of God. The way to strengthen the nation is to strengthen the homes of the people.

I have a respect for family pride. If it be a prejudice, it is a prejudice in its most picturesque shape. But I hold it is connected with some of the noblest feelings in our nature.

I can't think of anything to write about except families. They are a metaphor for every other part of society.

I think the ideal situation for a family is to be completely incestuous.

The family has always been the cornerstone of American society. Our families nurture, preserve, and pass on to each succeeding generation the values we share and cherish, values that are the foundation of our freedoms.

Our children must follow in our footsteps; after all, we are older and know about the world.

I have learned and dismantled all the words in order to draw from them a single word: Home.