Less than 1 percent of the patients treated are alive at the end of five years.

Boy, you gotta be real sick to get this much attention.

I've fought hard and now I'm weary to the bone.

You can die of the cure before you die of the illness.

I've had a good life. Enough happiness, enough success.

I want people to laugh and cry, not just sit and stare at the TV.

Dreaming is one thing, and working towards the dream is one thing, but working with expectations in mind is very self-defeating.