Quotes by Patty Duke

“They laugh alike, they walk alike, at times they even talk alike.”

“This one appealed to me, ... My mom, before she passed, lived in a nursing home. It created great strife and guilt.”

“Theyre too sick to speak, or too short of breath to say anything. You know, its kind of a guessing game. Its like playing charades,”

“well-deserved and long overdue.”

“But she still had a soft spot for ?The Miracle Worker. She said she and Anne Bancroft ?created an evening for people that truly, truly touched their souls.”

“Im surviving a life-threatening illness. Many do not, such as those without celebrity and fortune who have to depend on the public healthcare system.”

“We call that Seans little independent movie.”

“Its toughest to forgive ourselves. So its probably best to start with other people. Its almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.”

Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries.

From the moment we walk out the door until we come back home our sensibilities are so assaulted by the world that we have to soak up as much love as we can get simply to arm ourselves.

Without a sense of humor, I would have been gone a long time ago.

I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me.

I never did quite fit the glamour mode. It is life with my husband and family that is my high now.

Its toughest to forgive ourselves. So its probably best to start with other people. Its almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.

I joke around a lot about the manic times because theyre funny. We manics do outrageous things and it is part of our colorful nature.

I have been afraid all my life that I am going to die. All my life it has been stuffed in my imagination.

For the first time, I lived alone... in a luxury apartment on Sunset Strip. For a few days I loved the idea, but I got lonely and restless.