"I gave three years of my life to take care of my dying mother who had Alzheimer's disease. Being there for her every need for three years might have looked codependent but it wasn't because it was what I wanted to do."

-- Melody Beattie

#Mother Quotes #Years Quotes

“I always had plenty of ideas. I didnâ€™t exactly have them. They grewâ€”little by little, a half an idea at a time. First, part of a phrase and then a person to go with it. After a person, then a little corner of a place for the person to be in.”
“We are African in origin and American in birth.”
“Writing is one of the easiest things: erasing is one of the hardest.”
“When it seems like the night will last forever, And there's nothing left to do but count the years, When the strings of my harp to sever, And stones fall from my eyes instead of tears... I will walk alone by the black muddy river, And dream me a dream of my own, I will walk alone by the black muddy river, And sing me a song of my own.”
“I thank the Lord for the brain He put in my head. Occasionally, I love to just stand to one side and watch how it works.”
“You can't wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.”
“We are not a nation, but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign states.”

Source : To Oliver Dyer, January 1, 1849.
“To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.”

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