Patti Davis > Quotes

“That is your legacy on this Earth when you leave this Earth: how many hearts you touched.”
― Patti Davis

“Years ago, someone asked me what I would say to my younger self if I could. Without hesitating I answered: “That’s easy. I’d have said, ‘Be quiet.’” Not forever. But until I could stand back and look at things through a wider lens. Until I understood that words have consequences, and they last a really long time.”
― Patti Davis

“Sometimes what we fail to say has as much impact as what we do say.”
― Patti Davis, Dear Mom and Dad: A Letter About Family, Memory, and the America We Once Knew

“life insurance and health insurance policies because sometimes, in the fine print, there are allowances for a certain number of hours of outside care.”
― Patti Davis, Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's