You have to separate yourself from your parents. You do. In order to find yourself. Patti Davis More Quotes by Patti Davis More Quotes From Patti Davis I really just wanted to be a writer, but people tell you, 'You should have a backup career,' so I thought, 'OK, I'll act.' That was the foolishness of my vision for my life - that my backup career would be completely undependable. Patti Davis careersshould-havepeople 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 the third person. Patti Davis writingcharacterfirsts When I was a child, our summer days were spent swimming; chlorine in my hair was like perfume to me. Patti Davis swimmingsummerchildren 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 politicalproblemthinking I'm not the angry, rebellious child that I was. You can remain a child for a long time. I certainly did. I was a slow learner. Patti Davis rebelliouslongchildren I think the earlier stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest. Particularly because the person knows that they are losing awareness. They're aware that they're losing awareness, and you see them struggling. Patti Davis alzheimersstrugglethinking 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 politics I'm part of the tribe who have said goodbye to one parent and are feeling a sense of responsibility for the one who remains - in my case, my mother. How do I make her time smoother, happier? How do I try to ease her, a widow, away from the dark well of grief without dishonoring the necessity of that grief? Patti Davis griefresponsibilitymothertime No one ever saw all of him. It took me nearly four decades to allow my father his shadows, his reserve, to sit silently with him and not clamor for something more. Patti Davis shadowssomethingmefather Callista Gingrich has, I suspect, given Newt's advisers a giant headache. She's a constant presence at her husband's side - and a constant reminder of his acknowledged infidelity. Newt cheated on his second wife with Callista, a woman 23 years his junior. Patti Davis shewomanwifehusband I felt that the best I could do for my father, and the best I could do for myself, and my mother and my family was to stay open to the experience, and learn whatever I could at every step of the way as it was going on. Patti Davis bestmyselffamilymother After September 11, I got to understand a little bit of his deep love for this country. Patti Davis deepunderstandlovecountry I was such a punk. Patti Davis punk
