Elizabeth Edwards

“Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you've lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that's good.”

“The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human.”

“You have to be realistic. You can't be in denial. But you have to be optimistic. That's the only way to get through.”

“Stand for something. Don't just stand for nothing.”

“We can look at our tattoos from cancer and know that we are survivors. We are warriors.”

“Even if you have a terminal diagnosis, you don't have to be a victim.”

“I'm not a politician. I'm not running for anything. I'm a citizen, and I have a right to have my voice heard.”

“It takes a certain amount of guts to go to your class reunion and say, 'I've been fired.' It also takes a certain amount of guts to go to your class reunion and say, 'I'm a housewife.'”

“For a long time, I felt like I was living in a story that had been written for me, not by me.”

“The only thing I can't control is the clock. It's not a friendly clock.”

“I don't want to be the brave one. I want to be the healthy one.”

“We're all in this together. This is a society. It's not a collection of individuals.”