“The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being ...”

“I'm actually one of those people who get up energetic in the morning.”

“It takes a lot of work to put together a marriage, to put together a family and a home.”

“Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.”

“Successful health reform must not just make health insurance affordable, affordable health insurance has to make health care affordable.”

“A lot of sad stories in a row - that wears on you.”

“Each stage of your lifeis like petals of a flower... unfolding and opening until it comes to full bloom...You will blossom and then you die...But know that this is not your ending.”

“What made the difference between choosing to die and deciding to live?Was it the weight of sadness that buckled them over and dragged them away from all sane, rational thoughts with an anchor of ho...”

“When you die you will not bring any possessions, but you will be accompanied by the song up into heaven”