Top 26 Quotes by Laurie Graham

When my children were young, one of the treats promised by their grandparents was a ride in Grandad's car.

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.

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.

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.

My mother was a fastidious and orderly homemaker. I was the messy but creative type. I picture her following behind me through life with a damp rag and an air of exasperation.

In grief, after even the happiest of relationships, we go over things again and again.

My husband is stricken with dementia, and it's a trick of his condition that events and people from his past are more real to him than what happened five minutes ago.

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.

In the Seventies, my children played in the street, read politically incorrect stories, ate home-cooked food and occasional junk and, yes, were sometimes smacked.

I'm married to an American, so I guess that has changed my perspective on the subjects I can write about.