Dying from an aggressive fatal brain tumor is like dying from Alzheimer's disease accelerated one hundred times.

~ Steven Magee

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I was astonished by his complete lack of self-pity. Morrie, who could no longer dance, swim, bathe, or walk; Morrie, who could no longer answer his own door, dry himself after a shower, or even roll over in bed. How could he be so accepting? I watched him struggle with a fork, picking at a piece of tomato, missing it the first two times - a pathetic scene, and yet I could not deny that sitting in his presence was almost magically serene, the same calm breeze that soothed me back in college.

~ Mitch Albom

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Staying indoors daily will eventually make you sick.

~ Steven Magee

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I went out into the corridor. I asked a nurse if she knew where the people with arthritis went. She said lots of them went to Ward 34 on the top floor. She said she thought that was a silly place to put people with bad bones who had such trouble walking and climbing stairs.

~ David Almond

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I explored because I was feeling really crappy, and I wanted to know why

~ Steven Magee

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I may be dying, but I am surrounded by loving, caring souls. How many people can say that?

~ Mitch Albom

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Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

~ William Shakespeare

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Cynicism is humor in ill health.

~ H. G. Wells

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