Patti Davis

I was such a punk.

— Patti Davis

I think that nothing teaches you more about life than death and dying.

— Patti Davis

We do things in our past that we need to do at the time.

— Patti Davis

Loss teaches you to figure things out as they come along.

— Patti Davis

I had this odd sibling rivalry with America.

— Patti Davis

It used to be a lot easier to get a book deal.

— Patti Davis

I needed to run away in order to come home.

— Patti Davis

I think we can work through a lot of political and international problems, but what really frightens me is what's happening environmentally.

— Patti Davis

I'm not the angry, rebellious child that I was. You can remain a child for a long time. I certainly did. I…

— Patti Davis

You know, if you hang around this earth long enough you really see how things come full circle.

— Patti Davis

After September 11, I got to understand a little bit of his deep love for this country.

— Patti Davis

There is a point in the grieving process when you can run away from memories or walk straight toward them.

— Patti Davis

Alzheimer's disease locks all the doors and exits. There is no reprieve, no escape.

— Patti Davis

I thought the best thing that I could do would be to clean up my own act, in terms of whatever ..…

— Patti Davis

And as far as false hope, there is no such thing. There is only hope or the absence of hope - nothing…

— Patti Davis

Christopher Reeve understood that everything begins with hope. His vision of walking again, his belief that he would be able to in…

— Patti Davis

Callista Gingrich has, I suspect, given Newt's advisers a giant headache. She's a constant presence at her husband's side - and a…

— Patti Davis

I felt that the best I could do for my father, and the best I could do for myself, and my mother…

— Patti Davis

[On her father, Ronald Reagan:] How do you argue with someone who states that the people who are sleeping on the grates…

— Patti Davis

When my father, Ronald Reagan, was running for president in 1980, my mother, Nancy, traveled with him on the campaign trail, but…

— Patti Davis

The house I grew up in had large plate-glass windows, which birds frequently crashed into headfirst. My father helped me assemble a…

— Patti Davis

Life Lesson 3: You can't rush grief. It has its own timetable. All you can do is make sure there are lots…

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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…

— Patti Davis

My father would never have said about any of his children you shouldn't express your opinions. But it's the way in which…

— Patti Davis

My father started growing very quiet as Alzheimer's started claiming more of him. The early stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest because…

— Patti Davis

September 11 either made me love this country or it made me realize how much I already did. I think it's the…

— Patti Davis

It's a tender and complicated dance, watching our parents age. We become protective in ways we never were before, and we study…

— Patti Davis

To me, Ann Romney sounds like a better candidate than her husband. She put her MS into remission through horseback riding, alternative…

— Patti Davis

I remember when I was a kid, my father saw an ad somewhere for 'real simulated diamonds' and he was chuckling and…

— Patti Davis

My father never feared death. He never saw it as an ending. I don't know why Alzheimer's was allowed to steal so…

— Patti Davis

I'm part of the tribe who have said goodbye to one parent and are feeling a sense of responsibility for the one…

— Patti Davis

I don't think it's an accident who our parents are; I believe we choose them. So maybe I chose my parents in…

— Patti Davis

It takes strength to make your way through grief, to grab hold of life and let it pull you forward.

— Patti Davis

Politics isn't what defines a person, and it shouldn't define a relationship. I made the mistake of letting that intrude on my…

— Patti Davis

That is your legacy on this Earth when you leave this Earth: how many hearts you touched.

— Patti Davis

When I was a child, our summer days were spent swimming; chlorine in my hair was like perfume to me.

— Patti Davis

You have to separate yourself from your parents. You do. In order to find yourself.

— Patti Davis

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…

— Patti Davis

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…

— Patti Davis

Just think: people decided one day that a day should be set aside for motherhood and fatherhood. What a great concept that…

— Patti Davis