Laurie Graham Quotes
Top 27 wise famous quotes and sayings by Laurie Graham
Laurie Graham Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Laurie Graham on Wise Famous Quotes.
I have but one rule at my table. You may leave your cabbage, but you'll sit still and behave until I've eaten mine.
Sundown is often the worst time of day for people with dementia. They can become restless and difficult.
Dementia is quite unlike cancer or heart disease or any of those other conditions where you bargain with God for a cure or even just a bit more time.
My research process doesn't vary much. I do a little reading to establish a timeline and decide how I'm going to approach the story.
I'm married to an American, so I guess that has changed my perspective on the subjects I can write about.
My go-to author for knowing it all is Evelyn Waugh. 'A Handful of Dust' is as perfect as a book can get.
I have a magpie mind, by which I mean I see and hear little things - photos, fragments of conversation - and store them away for future use.
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.
Times may have changed, but there are some things that are always with us - loneliness is one of them.
When my children were young, one of the treats promised by their grandparents was a ride in Grandad's car.
I know my parents loved me - they certainly did everything they could for me - but displays of affection were kept on a distinctly low flame.
People invade your space and offend your sensibilities because, to be plain, they couldn't care less about you.
Not so very long ago, certainly well into the Thirties, a lady companion was a normal feature of life for widows or lone spinsters.
My preferred style is to write in first person, so I always have to play around with possible narrator voices until I find something that works.
It was the Victorians who covered the piano legs and drew a heavy curtain over what a lady got up to in her boudoir.
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.