"The memory of one who is taken into the heart of a little child is kept forever green."

"What is a bore? Maxwell definition: a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. How do you…"

"Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church, or robbing a bank, but never to being bores."

"Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking."

"I ended up spending five weeks at Columbia-Presbyterian, and the strangeness and sadness of what I was being told abo…"

"I know that not everyone can be married to a doctor, but, if you can, it’s a very good idea. He is perfect, and I fee…"

"During the latest clinical trial, my doctor told me that he could keep me alive for a year, maybe. My first thought w…"

"When you are dying, at least in my limited experience, you start remembering everything. Images come in flashes — peo…"

"The diagnosis was acute myeloid leukemia, with a rare mutation called Inversion 3. It was mostly seen in older patien…"

"I want people to feel they can do things. They may not be easy things, but the possibility of change exists."