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"I do not remember asking adults about anything, except as a last resort."
"It is good for children to find themselves facing the elements of a fairy tale - they are well-equipped to deal with these."
"The problem with playing hide-and-seek with your sister is that sometimes she gets bored and stops looking for you.And there you are - under the couch, in the closet, wedged behind the lilac tree - and you don't want to give up, because maybe she's just biding her time. But maybe she's wandered off..."
"Sunny did not eat the wood, of course, but she chewed on it and pretended it was a carrot, or an apple, or a beef and cheese enchilada, all of which she loved."
"A child's best friend is often the one telling bedtime stories."
Explore more quotes by Patty Duke
"I believe that all the important people in my life prior to 1982 were victimized by my illness."
"It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself."
"The mania started with insomnia and not eating and being driven, driven to find an apartment, driven to see everybody, driven to do New York, driven to never shut up."
"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."
"I joke around a lot about the manic times because they're funny. We manics do outrageous things and it is part of our colorful nature."
"I still have highs and lows, just like any other person. What's missing is the lack of control over the super highs, which became destructive, and the super lows, which are immediately destructive."
"I'm going to be 58, and I'm a woman. In this business, that seems to be a bigger crime than being mentally ill."
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