Better to fail spectacularly than do something mediocre.

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add: 'All the time.'

One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.

Walls aren't put in our life to stop us, they are there to test how much we really want somthing.

Whatever news we get about the scans, I’m not going to die when we hear it. I won’t die the next day, or the day after that, or the day after that. So today, right now, well this is a wonderful day. And I want you to know how much I’m enjoying it.” I thought about that, and about Jai’s smile. I knew then. That’s the way the rest of my life would need to be lived.

I'm dying, and I'm having fun.

Anybody out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedrooms,as a favor to me, let them do it. It'll be OK.