"I decide I'm not dead because I can……" — Lisa Genova
"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 to the rain, and the rain becomes the hand of God strumming his fingers on the roof, deciding what to do."
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Lisa Genova
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18 Quotes by Lisa Genova
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Don't aim for perfect. Aim for complete. Perfection is an unattainable illusion.
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She liked being reminded of butterflies. She remembered being six or seven and crying over the fates of the butterflies…
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You're so beautiful," said Alice. "I'm afraid of looking at you and not knowing who you are." "I think that…
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Be creative, be useful, be practical, be generous and finish big
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The well-being of a neuron depends on its ability to communicate with other neurons. Studies have shown that electrical and…
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... just because [butterflies'] lives were short didn't mean they were tragic... See, they have a beautiful life.
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But I am not what I say or what I do or what I remember. I am fundamentally more than…
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At some point, there would simply be no point.
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In the ladies' room, Alice studied her image in the mirror. The reflected older woman's face didn't quite match the…
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She read it again. It was fascinating and surreal, like reading a diary that had been hers when she was…
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Even then, more than a year earlier, there were neurons in her head, not far from her ears, that were…
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Everything she did and love, everything she was, required language.
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