I think it's taken on, obviously, a completely different meaning because what it seems to mean now is' let's make America white again and racist again and small-minded again,'. Patti Davis More Quotes by Patti Davis More Quotes From 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 much of my father before releasing him into the arms of death. But I know that at his last moment, when he opened his eyes - - eyes that had not opened for many, many days - - and looked at my mother, he showed us that neither disease nor death can conquer love. Patti Davis eyemotherfather I thought the best thing that I could do would be to clean up my own act, in terms of whatever .. childhood wounds were left. Patti Davis cleanchildhoodwould-be America had taken my father from me. And over most of the years of his illness, I gradually started feeling this support system from this country who-people grieving along with us. Patti Davis takencountryfather Some people, when they die, leave so much life behind that we wonder how they did it. Patti Davis behindswonderpeople 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 should love. Patti Davis lovepeoplethinking Laura Bush went on national television during the week of my father's funeral and spoke out against embryonic stem cell research, pointing out that where Alzheimer's is concerned, we don't have proof that stem-cell treatment would be effective. Patti Davis alzheimerscellsfather I did what most writers do when something happens that's overwhelming, fascinating, moving, all of that. I didn't know what else to do about it except write about it. Patti Davis bedtimewritingmoving 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 conventional publishing. Patti Davis selfbookpeople I have a feeling of reverence about my father being in his 80s - a feeling that I want to whisper, take soft steps, not intrude too much. He's like a stately old cathedral to me now. Patti Davis wantfeelingsfather I grew up in this era where your parents' friends were all called aunt and uncle. And then I had an aunt and an aunt. We saw them on holidays and other times. We never talked about it, but I just understood that they were a couple. Patti Davis holidayunclescouple My father's body lies in a stone tomb high on a hill. People walk by, pause, think their own thoughts about him and move on, back to their own lives. I can never move on. He is everywhere. Patti Davis fatherlyingmoving Decades later I would look into my father's eyes and try to reach past the murkiness of Alzheimer's with my words, my apology, hoping that in his heart he heard me and understood. Patti Davis eyeheartfather I don't think it's an accident who our parents are; I believe we choose them. So maybe I chose my parents in order to effect change. Patti Davis orderbelievethinking There is a point in the grieving process when you can run away from memories or walk straight toward them. Patti Davis runninggrievingmemories I think that nothing teaches you more about life than death and dying. Patti Davis death-and-dyingdyingthinking The house I grew up in had large plate-glass windows, which birds frequently crashed into headfirst. My father helped me assemble a bird hospital, consisting of a few shoe boxes, some old rags, and tiny dishes for water and food. Patti Davis shoesglassesfather The most ethical way to deal with an unethical situation would be to simply say: 'We did something wrong.' But nobody in a family like mine would ever respond like this. Patti Davis ethicalwould-beway Even if the Bush Administration had flung open the gates to stem-cell research years ago, we would not be at the point of offering treatment today. Christopher Reeve would still have been taken from us. But we would be closer. Patti Davis cellsofferingtaken I knew people were independently publishing, and I buy books on Amazon. I began seriously considering it when Amanda Hocking was in the news about her self-publishing success. Patti Davis selfbookpeople The thing about losing any loved one, I think, particularly in a long disease, is that you know that other people have gone through it and are going through it, but I think for every person it feels unique. Patti Davis uniquelongthinking
