I’ve never minded solitude. For a writer, it’s a natural condition. But caring for a dementia sufferer leads to a peculiar kind of loneliness. Laurie Graham Read Quote
People invade your space and offend your sensibilities because, to be plain, they couldn’t care less about you. Laurie Graham Read Quote
It was the Victorians who covered the piano legs and drew a heavy curtain over what a lady got up to in her boudoir. Laurie Graham Read Quote
I’ve always jealously guarded my feminine mystique. I’ve been married twice, and neither of my husbands has ever seen me put my face on. Laurie Graham Read Quote
The terror dementia sufferers must feel is unimaginable, but the techniques they use to hide their difficulties – the ducking and diving and keeping the world laughing – are perfectly understandable. Laurie Graham Read Quote
With Alzheimer’s, recent memory is affected first. At the start, you count the memory loss in days, then hours – then in minutes. But there’s also an insidious backward creep of deterioration. Laurie Graham Read Quote
When my children were young, one of the treats promised by their grandparents was a ride in Grandad’s car. Laurie Graham Read Quote
Being eye candy always was a short-term career, and here’s the reason. The world finds young women more attractive than old women because youthfulness signals fertility. Laurie Graham Read Quote
I’m married to an American, so I guess that has changed my perspective on the subjects I can write about. Laurie Graham Read Quote
I have an idea for a story, and if the idea is going to work, then one of the characters steps forward, and I hear her voice telling the story. This is what has happened with all the books I’ve written in the first person. Laurie Graham Read Quote
