Lisa Genova Quotes

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• Don't aim for perfect. Aim for complete. Perfection is an unattainable illusion.
• She liked being reminded of butterflies. She remembered being six or seven and crying over the fates of the butterflies in her yard after learning…
• You're so beautiful," said Alice. "I'm afraid of looking at you and not knowing who you are." "I think that even if you don't know…
• Be creative, be useful, be practical, be generous and finish big
• The well-being of a neuron depends on its ability to communicate with other neurons. Studies have shown that electrical and chemical stimulation from both a…
• ... just because [butterflies'] lives were short didn't mean they were tragic... See, they have a beautiful life.
• But I am not what I say or what I do or what I remember. I am fundamentally more than that.
• At some point, there would simply be no point.
• In the ladies' room, Alice studied her image in the mirror. The reflected older woman's face didn't quite match the picture that she had of…
• She read it again. It was fascinating and surreal, like reading a diary that had been hers when she was a teenager, secret and heartfelt…
• Even then, more than a year earlier, there were neurons in her head, not far from her ears, that were being strangled to death, too…
• Everything she did and love, everything she was, required language.
• But will I always love her? Does my love for her reside in my head or my heart? The scientist in her believed that emotion…
• Alice: I miss myself. John: I miss you too, Ali, so much.
• I smile, loving him for changing with me, for going where my Neglect has taken us, for getting the new me.
• I decide I'm not dead because I can hear the sound of the rain hitting the roof of the car. I'm alive because I'm listening…
• Take what you've learned and love someone again. Find someone to love and love without condition. This is why we're all here.
• And you, Mom. I loved you. You've asked if i felt and understood that you loved me. of course I did. And you know this.…

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