16 Quotes by Shelley Fabares

We need to appreciate how precious life is.

I was dying but suddenly had a second chance at living.

I waited with a beeper for a year and 10 months to get that gift.

I had to have a complete liver transplant.

There is a bedrock decency to people in the Midwest. They are thoughtful and ready to help you if something needs to be done.

I was not a Mouseketeer, but a lot of people think I was.

They had to match blood type and meet all sorts of things I don't know about.

This is the kind of situation that can tear people apart. It tears at the fabric of your soul and can certainly tear at your marriage and ours has gotten only stronger.

I think the years on 'The Donna Reed Show,' the years from 14 to 19, were so incredibly important. Donna Reed was simply an extraordinary woman, a woman of great strength, kindness, integrity and compassion. I am not trying to make her sound like a saint, but she had the most profound influence on me. I carry her with me today.