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Patricia Neal
6 quotes
“The phone rang. It was the doctor. He said, “Mrs. Dahl, ’s dead [from measles]. Did you hear me? I said Olivia is dead.” I said, yes, thank you. I couldn’t believe how cold he was. came back from the hospital and he cried. Oh, he cried. He had seen her dead. I unfortunately never did. My sisters-in-law talked me out of it. I wish they hadn’t. I stayed up that first night just looking out the window. Your love is dead, and the sun still comes up. It’s just so sad.”
Patricia Neal (1926–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was the strong one at that point. I don’t want to brag about myself, but I’ve never seen anything like it. Roald really almost went crazy. I held everything together. I cooked all day and went on. Of course 34 years ago anything like a survivors’ support group was virtually unheard of. You had to pull yourself together. I loved Olivia, loved her, but my God, I had two more children. I had to go on.”
Patricia Neal (1926–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Over the years, I found that talking about Olivia helped immeasurably. Roald... couldn’t say a word. It was locked inside him.”
Patricia Neal (1926–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Part of my healing came by having another child. No one could replace Olivia, but a new child would begin to heal the emptiness. In a letter to my doctor in California soon after Olivia’s death, I wrote, “I absolutely believe in a soul. And I long to let her go, to free her and hope she will be born again to me.” Two years later, was born and a year after that, .”
Patricia Neal (1926–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Over the years, I did other things to help keep Olivia’s memory alive, donating a silver cup to her school each year to be awarded to the best high jumper, as she was in 1962. And when I played Olivia Walton in the TV film that preceded The Waltons television series, I insisted that my character’s name not be changed to “Mary” as the producers wanted.”
Patricia Neal (1926–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I keep a few mementos of Olivia around the house. One is a letter that she wrote when she was about 6 to a family friend. It says, “Dear Sheila, Thank you for the bubbly gum. I hope you are well. The bubbly was the most exciting present I ever had and I can blow bubbles... Love, Olivia. XXXXX.” That’s my Olivia. Isn’t she a honey of a girl?”
Patricia Neal (1926–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source