“Cancer isn't the worst thing that can happen to a person. And neither is dying young. Taking life for granted, living badly-- these things seem far worse to me. In many ways- ways that count- I'm the luckiest girl in the world.”

“You're going to live your life. You're going to honor him doing things you would have done if he'd never gotten sick and died”

“Somebody had to die in order that somebody else can go on living.”

“I'll never take it for granted again. I'll always be grateful for every spring that comes along.”

“People can't help the way they look, just the way they act.”

“I think that hurting gives us a way to measure being happy. How can you know one without knowing the other.”

“The importance of my old life is dimming as I move toward the bright light I've seen once before. It's allowing me to come to it, and this time, I won't be sent back. If only the people I'm leaving behind could understand! There is no sadness where I'm going. Only joy.”