But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful.

You don't have to be perfect; you just have to be open.

I would have made different choices. You know, I might have married somebody else.

Brave people are the firemen who run into the burning building. That's brave.

Cancer is not a straight line. It's up and down.

My father had gone to Vietnam.

You know, I once read a short story about how much you could tell about people from their shoes. You could tell where they had been, what they did, whether they were real walkers.