Dying is only one thing to be sad over... Living unhappily is something else.

Life is like a wrestling match- we struggle to fight but we never know that the only side that wins is the one with great love in it.

My contention is that as long as you have other faculties-the emotional, psychological, intuitive faculties-you haven't lost yourself or even diminished yourself. Don't be ashamed when you're physically limited or dysfunctional; don't think that you're any less because of your condition. In fact, I feel I am even more myself than I was before I got this illness because I have been able to transcend many of the psychological and emotional limitations I had before I developed ALS.

If we can remember the feeling of love we once had, we can die without ever going away.

If the culture doesn't work, don't buy it.

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

I believe in being fully present. That means you should be with the person you’re with.