Patti Davis Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“You know, if you hang around this earth long enough you really see how things come full circle.”
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“Christopher Reeve understood that everything begins with hope. His vision of walking again, his belief that he would be able to in his lifetime, towered over his broken body.”
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“Life Lesson 3: You can't rush grief. It has its own timetable. All you can do is make sure there are lots of soft places around - beds, pillows, arms, laps.”
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“Stories live in your blood and bones, follow the seasons and light candles on the darkest night-every storyteller knows she or he is also a teacher.”
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“I'm very comfortable writing in the first person; it dives into the character in a way that's difficult if you're writing in the third person.”
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“When I was a child, our summer days were spent swimming; chlorine in my hair was like perfume to me.”
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“I think we can work through a lot of political and international problems, but what really frightens me is what's happening environmentally.”
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“I'm not the angry, rebellious child that I was. You can remain a child for a long time. I certainly did. I was a slow learner.”
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“I don't think it's an accident who our parents are; I believe we choose them. So maybe I chose my parents in order to effect change.”
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“There is a point in the grieving process when you can run away from memories or walk straight toward them.”
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“Politics isn't what defines a person, and it shouldn't define a relationship. I made the mistake of letting that intrude on my relationships.”
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“The house I grew up in had large plate-glass windows, which birds frequently crashed into headfirst. My father helped me assemble a bird hospital, consisting of a few shoe boxes, some old rags, and tiny dishes for water and food.”
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“That is your legacy on this Earth when you leave this Earth: how many hearts you touched.”
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“I think the earlier stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest. Particularly because the person knows that they are losing awareness. They're aware that they're losing awareness, and you see them struggling.”
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“I have a feeling of reverence about my father being in his 80s - a feeling that I want to whisper, take soft steps, not intrude too much. He's like a stately old cathedral to me now.”
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“The thing about losing any loved one, I think, particularly in a long disease, is that you know that other people have gone through it and are going through it, but I think for every person it feels unique.”
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“You have to separate yourself from your parents. You do. In order to find yourself.”
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“I would not call myself a veteran conspiracy theorist. Or an obsessed one. I pretty much peaked on the whole conspiracy theory thing in the '60s, with the grassy knoll, who really killed JFK, and who ordered the hit on Lee Harvey Oswald.”
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“Of course, people say maybe there are some self-published books out there that shouldn't be out there. Well, it's the same with conventional publishing.”
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“I knew people were independently publishing, and I buy books on Amazon. I began seriously considering it when Amanda Hocking was in the news about her self-publishing success.”
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“My father's body lies in a stone tomb high on a hill. People walk by, pause, think their own thoughts about him and move on, back to their own lives. I can never move on. He is everywhere.”
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“I grew up in this era where your parents' friends were all called aunt and uncle. And then I had an aunt and an aunt. We saw them on holidays and other times. We never talked about it, but I just understood that they were a couple.”
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“I really just wanted to be a writer, but people tell you, 'You should have a backup career,' so I thought, 'OK, I'll act.' That was the foolishness of my vision for my life - that my backup career would be completely undependable.”
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“The most ethical way to deal with an unethical situation would be to simply say: 'We did something wrong.' But nobody in a family like mine would ever respond like this.”
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“I often imagine what it would be like if my father were still here to mark his 100th birthday, if Alzheimer's hadn't clawed away years, possibilities, hopes. What would he think of all the commemorations and celebrations?”
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“It's one thing to show your love for someone when everything is going fine and life is smooth. But when the 'in sickness and in health' part kicks in and sickness does enter your lives, you're tested. Your resilience is tested.”
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“Loss teaches you to figure things out as they come along.”
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“Just think: people decided one day that a day should be set aside for motherhood and fatherhood. What a great concept that is.”
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“My father, for his part, was not a man to begrudge anyone a divergent opinion; he'd have been fine if I had written some articles disagreeing with his policies, or even given interviews, as long as I was respectful and civil.”
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“I think that nothing teaches you more about life than death and dying.”
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