quotes

  • "It has been an extraordinary experience and, in many ways, extremely positive." Marianne Faithful, on her recovery from breast cancer.
  • "Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me." Ingrid Bergman.
  • "Cancer victims who don't accept their fate, who don't learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left." Ingrid Bergman. 
  • "There is no such thing as false hope for a cancer patient. Hope is as unique with each individual as a fingerprint. For some it is the hope to make a complete recovery. But it might also be the hope to die peacefully; the hope to live until a specific event happens; the hope to live with disease; the hope to have their doctor with them when needed; the hope to enjoy today." Richard Bloch, lung cancer and colon cancer survivor.
  • "Almost everything-- all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure-- these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. There is no reason not to follow your heart." Steve Jobs, pancreatic cancer survivor.
  • "My cancer scare changed my life. I'm grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life." Olivia Newton John, breast cancer survivor.
  • "If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood, I'd type a little faster." Isaac Asimov, cancer survivor.
  • "On a large enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero." Chuck Palahniuk.
  • "Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die." Amelia Burr.
  • "Human life consists in mutual service. No grief, pain, misfortune or 'broken heart' is excuse for cutting off one's life while any power of service remains. But when all usefulness is over, when one is assured of an unavoidable and imminent death, it is the simplest of human rights to choose a quick and easy death in place of a slow and horrible one." Charlotte Perkins Gilman, in her suicide note, 1935.
  • "A man's dying is more the survivors' affair than his own." Thomas Mann.
  • "Live fast, die young and leave a good-looking corpse." 1949 Bogie movie, Knock on Any Door, spoken by actor Nicholas Ray.
  • "If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself." James Herbert "Eubie" Blake, reportedly on his 100th birthday.
  • "Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing." Redd Foxx.


2 comments:

  1. Pam from Point la Nim3/05/2010 4:16 PM

    OH Myrtle I would really like to sit face to face and chat WOW what a dance and you are a hell of a dancer your writing is amazing I am sending warm fuzzy thoughts your way thank you for sharing your pictures and thoughts who knows I may visit Pender harbour yet!!!

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  2. It may be terrible to laugh at cancer, at sickness, at pain, maybe death, but I can't help it, Myrtle! You make me laugh. I have never met you, but I LOVE YOU, never the less! I am a champion, a warrior, a survivor of cancer and of life. Don't give up on the humor, it makes it all possible !!!

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