Do I wither up and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left?

Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too - even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling.

The little things, I can obey. But the big things - how we think, what we value - those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone - or any society - determine those for you.

In the beginning of life, when we are infants, we need others to survive. And at the end of life, we need others to survive. But here's the secret, in between, we need others as well.

Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel.

If you don’t have the support and love and caring and concern that you get from a family, you don’t have much at all.

What is it about silence that makes people uneasy?