I had learned that every patient has the right to hope, despite long odds, and it was my role to help nurture that hope.

To hope under the most extreme circumstances is an act of defiance that permits a person to live his life on his own terms. It is part of the human spirit to endure and give a miracle a chance to happen.

Hope is the elevating feeling we experience when we see - in the mind's eye - a path to a better future.

False hope can lead to intemperate choices and flawed decision making. True hope takes into account the real threats that exist and seeks to navigate the best path around them.

I feel that I have to do everything better just to be judged as okay. It is something I wish I could let go of. It's something that I wish just wasn't there.

On average, physicians interrupt patients within eighteen seconds of when they begin telling their story.

I had learned that every patient has the right to hope, despite long odds, and it was my role to help nurture that hope.