“ You're so beautiful, said Alice. I'm afraid of looking at you and not knowing who you are.I think that even if you don't know who I am someday, you'll still know that I love you.What if I see you, and… Lisa Genova
“ Just because [butterflies'] lives were short didn't mean they were tragic... See, they have a beautiful life. Lisa Genova
“ She liked being reminded of butterflies. She remembered being six or seven and crying over the fates of the butterflies in her yard after learning that they lived for only a few days. Her mother had c… Lisa Genova
“ Bach, Chopin, Schumann, these composers have mastered the art of listening. Richard hears Debussy’s Clair de lune, and every cell in his body has a broken heart and bare feet dancing in the moonlight.… Lisa Genova
“ And while a bald head and a looped ribbon were seen as badges of courage and hope, her reluctant vocabulary and vanishing memories advertised mental instability and impending insanity. Those with canc… Lisa Genova
“ And you, Mom. I loved you. You've asked if i felt and understood that you loved me. of course I did. And you know this. I loved your love because it kept me safe and happy and wanted, and it existed b… Lisa Genova
“ You can be in Downward Dog, hating every second of it. Or you can be in this pose, peaceful and nonreactive, breathing calmly. Either way, you’re in this pose. You decide the quality of your experienc… Lisa Genova
“ Her ability to use language, that thing that most separates humans from animals, was leaving her, and she was feeling less and less human as it departed. She's said a tearful good-bye to okay some tim… Lisa Genova
“ She wished she had cancer instead. She'd trade Alzheimer's for cancer in a heartbeat. She felt ashamed for wishing this, and it was certainly a pointless bargaining, but she permitted herself the fant… Lisa Genova
“ Prioritizing hurt, a reminder that the clock was ticking, that some things would be left undone. Lisa Genova
“ Why? What's wrong with being emotional about this? why is that a negative thing? Why isn't the emotional decision the right decision?" asked the woman who wasn't crying. Lisa Genova
“ Accepting the fact that she did indeed have Alzheimer's, that she could only bank on two unacceptably effective drugs available to treat it, and that she couldn't trade any of this in for some other,… Lisa Genova
“ It's the closest place to nowhere that she can think of. And nowhere is exactly where she wants to be today. Lisa Genova
“ Her mother was Jewish, but her father had insisted that she and Anne be raised Catholic. So she went to mass every Sunday as a child, received communion, went to confession, and was confirmed, but bec… Lisa Genova
“ I smile, loving him for changing with me, for going where my Neglect has taken us, for getting the new me. Lisa Genova
“ The well-being of a neuron depends on its ability to communicate with other neurons. Studies have shown that electrical and chemical stimulation from both a neuron's inputs and its targets support vit… Lisa Genova
