Liza M. Wiemer Quotes

“I long for the day when people embrace our common humanity and respect diversity.”

“Being kind, being compassionate, being respectful does not make you weak. More often, it's the harder path to take.”

“You know what I realized? No one else lives in my memories but me.”

“Liza hated alcoholic liquors with an iron zeal. Drinking alcohol in any form she regarded as a crime against a properly outraged deity... When LIza was about seventy her elimination slowed up and her doctor told her to take a tablespoon of port wine for medicine. She forced down the first spoonful, making a crooked face, but it was not so bad. And from that moment she never drew a completely sober breath. She always took the wine in a tablespoon, it was always medicine, but after a time she was doing over a quart a day and she was a much more relaxed and happy woman.”

“Frankie, I'm fully awake and more curious than George. If we hang up I'll lie here formulating a million reasons for your call, none of them your truth, and that would drive me crazy. You wouldn't do that to the guy who has your grandmother's old phone number, would you? Trust me, you can tell me anything.—Emerson”

“I'm an answer, Frankie. Maybe you're an answer for me, too?—Emerson”

“For whatever it's worth, I believe we're born imperfect, and perfection, whatever that may be, is unattainable by us mere humans.”

“Well, I'll tell you something, this wedding is something that I will always, always cherish. It was a show of love and support and kindness like I'd never seen from the people, and that's who I entertain. I entertain the people.”

“Never stop moving, or you'll stop moving. I go to dance class every morning, and it's just good to stay strong; I like being healthy.”

“You see, that's another thing that my parents gave me: an enormously great sense of humor.”