Write a living will. And become an organ donor!

She understood how a world jammed with phones, email, and faxes could still leave you feeling utterly alone.

Tradionally, parents made decisions for a child, because presumably they are looking out for his or her best interests. But if they are blinded, instead, by the best interests of another one of their children, the system breaks down.

People are always afraid of the unknown - and banding together against the Thing That Is Different From Us is a time-honoured tradition for rallying the masses.

But it was like wearing a size five sneakers when your foot is a seven- you can get by for a few steps, and then you set down and pull off the shoes because it just plain much

I don't want to make the same mistake twice. I don't want to tell myself it's over when it's not.

I am an activist. I have a really big pulpit with my fiction and I love knowing that I can make people think.