“She continues to do her best to inspire and make others smile with her attitude of "it can always get better.”

“These days I have a ton of things to smile about. I feel like an adult again. I hope by reading this book, you or someone you care about will see that there will be things for you to smile about, e...”

“I never thought I'd be a teacher , but when I started doing it, I fell in love with it.”

“On the fifth day, they told my parents I was on the bottom of the chart, and there was nothing else they could do.”

“Some of the things that contributed to my positive attitude were rejoicing, smiling and acknowledging every small step I had made.”

“On Tuesday December seventh a lot of good things happened: they took the trach out, took the cast off my leg, and my PT, Maria, had me standing.”

“nights and days came and passedand summer and winterand the sun and the windand the rain.and it was good to be a little islanda part of the worldand a world of its ownall surrounded by the bright b...”

“When you drop a glass or a plate to the ground it makes a loud crashing sound. When a window shatters a table leg breaks or when a picture falls off the wall it makes a noise. But as for your heart...”

“A good friend of mine once said, "I have never met a bigot who was a reader as a child.”

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”

“All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings theres too much corruption in the world ”

“Its only when youre at the bottom of the ladder that you ascend.”