Lisa Genova

“I miss myself." "I miss you too, Ali, so much." "I never planned to get like this." "I know.”

— Lisa Genova

“Please don't look at our scarlet A's and write us off. Look us in the eye, talk directly to us. Don't panic…

— Lisa Genova

“She's said she doesn't want to. Go ahead and ask her. Just because she has Alzheimer's doesn't mean she doesn't know what…

— Lisa Genova

“It's like you don't get that she's not gone yet, like you think her time left isn't meaningful anymore. You're acting like…

— Lisa Genova

But I am not what I say or what I do or what I remember. I am fundamentally more than that.

— Lisa Genova

Be creative, be useful, be practical, be generous and finish big

— Lisa Genova

“Everything begins and ends. Every day and night, every concerto, every relationship, every life. Everything ends eventually.”

— Lisa Genova

“I can’t fathom the day when I’ll be able to figure out how to independently maneuver my way into my bra, like…

— Lisa Genova

“And, like a lightning strike, there is his example. His mother before him. The lesson that she passed down for him to…

— Lisa Genova

“Bob keeps insisting that I can do anything I put my mind to. But he’s referring to my old mind. My new…

— Lisa Genova

“She could always walk somewhere without him. Of course this somewhere had to be somewhere "safe." She could walk to her office.…

— Lisa Genova

“Slide, turn, slide. I smile as we’re snowboarding, knowing that Bob and the kids are hanging back to watch me, knowing that…

— Lisa Genova

“What’s the saying? Not forgiving someone is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.”

— Lisa Genova

“The spectrum is long and wide, and we're all on it. Once you believe this, it becomes easy to see how we're…

— Lisa Genova

... just because [butterflies'] lives were short didn't mean they were tragic... See, they have a beautiful life.

— Lisa Genova

“I can’t stand the thought of looking at you someday, this face I love, and not knowing who you are.”

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“We have pills for headaches. We have antidepressants for sadness. We had God for believers. We have nothing for autism.”

— Lisa Genova

The well-being of a neuron depends on its ability to communicate with other neurons. Studies have shown that electrical and chemical stimulation…

— Lisa Genova

“Thank you for all your guidance and wisdom, for setting the bar so much higher than I thought I could reach, and…

— Lisa Genova

“The spectrum is long and wide, and we’re all on it. Once you believe this, it becomes easy to see how we’re…

— Lisa Genova

“I used to know how the mind handled language, and I could communicate what I knew. I used to be someone who…

— Lisa Genova

“Oh God, my chin. I have a cluster of five hairs on the left side of my chin. They’re coarse and wiry,…

— Lisa Genova

“I miss my old paycheck and the sense of pride, power, and worth that it gave me. I make a lot less…

— Lisa Genova

Time's a funny thing, bending, warping, stretching, and compressing, all depending on perspective.

— Lisa Genova

“On those days, I feel like a balloon blown to capacity, ready to burst.”

— Lisa Genova