Patti Davis Quotes
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My father never feared death. He never saw it as an ending. I don't know why Alzheimer's was allowed to steal so much of my father before releasing him into the arms of death. But I know that at his last moment, when he opened his eyes - - eyes that had not opened for many, many days - - and looked at my mother, he showed us that neither disease nor death can conquer love.
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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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That is your legacy on this Earth when you leave this Earth: how many hearts you touched.
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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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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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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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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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You know, if you hang around this earth long enough you really see how things come full circle.
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It takes strength to make your way through grief, to grab hold of life and let it pull you forward.
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Loss teaches you to figure things out as they come along.
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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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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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I thought the best thing that I could do would be to clean up my own act, in terms of whatever .. childhood wounds were left.
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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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I did what most writers do when something happens that's overwhelming, fascinating, moving, all of that. I didn't know what else to do about it except write about it.
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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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My father started growing very quiet as Alzheimer's started claiming more of him. The early stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest because that person is aware that they're losing awareness. And I think that that's why my father started growing more and more quiet.
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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 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 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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There is a point in the grieving process when you can run away from memories or walk straight toward them.
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I had this odd sibling rivalry with America.
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Alzheimer's disease locks all the doors and exits. There is no reprieve, no escape.
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You have to separate yourself from your parents. You do. In order to find yourself.
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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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I think that nothing teaches you more about life than death and dying.
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it ultimately doesn't matter which disease gnaws away at the body - it looks the same. The flesh surrenders, grows exhausted, and the eyes ask why.
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People love the way they're capable of loving-but that's not always how you want them to love or how you think they should love.
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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 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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