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 Read Quote
The CIA created, armed and financed the Contras. My father backed them with everything he had. It was my father’s war, and almost everyone in Nicaragua has lost somebody as a result of it. I couldn’t go down there, being his daughter, and expect not to feel those people’s wrath. Patti Davis Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I can’t even consider the prospect of grandchildren because I don’t know if there will be anything left for them on Earth. That’s how serious the problem is. We can’t drink the water or breathe the air, and we’re all dying from some sort of cancer. How many generations can sustain that? It frightens me terribly. Patti Davis Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
