Chronic-disease Quote by 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 or take…

— 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 she does…

— 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 a selfish…

— 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 I used…

— Lisa Genova

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

— 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 mind is…

— Lisa Genova

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

— 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 Bob is…

— Lisa Genova