Some people, when they die, leave so much life behind that we wonder how they did it. — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
it ultimately doesn't matter which disease gnaws away at the body - it looks the same. The flesh surrenders, grows exhausted, and… — Patti Davis Age Copy Share Image
I did what most writers do when something happens that's overwhelming, fascinating, moving, all of that. I didn't know what else to… — Patti Davis Bedtime Copy Share Image
Decades later I would look into my father's eyes and try to reach past the murkiness of Alzheimer's with my words, my… — Patti Davis Alzheimer Copy Share Image
No one ever saw all of him. It took me nearly four decades to allow my father his shadows, his reserve, to… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
I knew people were independently publishing, and I buy books on Amazon. I began seriously considering it when Amanda Hocking was in… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
Stories live in your blood and bones, follow the seasons and light candles on the darkest night-every storyteller knows she or he… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
The CIA created, armed and financed the Contras. My father backed them with everything he had. It was my father's war, and… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
I really just wanted to be a writer, but people tell you, 'You should have a backup career,' so I thought, 'OK,… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
I don't know why Alzheimer's was allowed to steal so much of my father before releasing him into the arms of death.… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
I can't even consider the prospect of grandchildren because I don't know if there will be anything left for them on Earth.… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
Commerce is abusive. It's very hobbling to always be saying, 'Please let me put this out, this thing I've worked on for… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
The memories that I have are mostly at our old ranch, out in Agoura. We used to go out there every Saturday.… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
America had taken my father from me. And over most of the years of his illness, I gradually started feeling this support… — Patti Davis America Copy Share Image
Even if the Bush Administration had flung open the gates to stem-cell research years ago, we would not be at the point… — Patti Davis Administration Copy Share Image
There is a version of Alzheimer's which is early onset Alzheimer's. And it's - it's horrible, because people do get it in… — Patti Davis Alzheimer Copy Share Image
I really just sat down to write. I mean, I did what most writers do when something happens that's overwhelming, fascinating, moving,… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
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 Alzheimer Copy Share Image
It's one thing to show your love for someone when everything is going fine and life is smooth. But when the 'in… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
My father, for his part, was not a man to begrudge anyone a divergent opinion; he'd have been fine if I had… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
My father's body lies in a stone tomb high on a hill. People walk by, pause, think their own thoughts about him… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
“Life Lesson 8: Change is always hard, but time softens the rough edges and eases the pull of the past. Eventually, we… — Patti Davis Change Copy Share Image
Texas governor Rick Perry's wife, Anita, has come out slugging in her glittering leopard-print jacket against what she sees as the unfair… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
I would not call myself a veteran conspiracy theorist. Or an obsessed one. I pretty much peaked on the whole conspiracy theory… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
The most ethical way to deal with an unethical situation would be to simply say: 'We did something wrong.' But nobody in… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
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… — Patti Davis Book Copy Share Image
I certainly support anyone's prerogative to hire or not hire whomever they choose, and I definitely don't want to work for someone… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
The memories stayed with him for so long, and stayed vivid. And it didn't matter to me that he'd already repeated that… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
I often imagine what it would be like if my father were still here to mark his 100th birthday, if Alzheimer's hadn't… — Patti Davis Alzheimer Copy Share Image
The thing about losing any loved one, I think, particularly in a long disease, is that you know that other people have… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
Laura Bush went on national television during the week of my father's funeral and spoke out against embryonic stem cell research, pointing… — Patti Davis Alzheimer Copy Share Image
Puppies, like all babies, grow up fast. Before long, Gracie was no longer barking at her reflection, instead offering a blase look… — Patti Davis Animal Copy Share Image
I grew up in this era where your parents' friends were all called aunt and uncle. And then I had an aunt… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
I think people ultimately reveal themselves to everybody. I think that's the case with Sarah Palin's conduct, particularly after the Tucson shooting,… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
I think the earlier stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest. Particularly because the person knows that they are losing awareness. They're aware… — Patti Davis Alzheimer Copy Share Image
I think that my father would find it so confusing that people want to imitate him. Not because he didn't have confidence… — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
