I feel very fortunate to go surrounded by love. I'm proud of the life I lived.

Having the choice at the end of my life has become incredibly important. It has given me a sense of peace during a time that otherwise would be dominated by fear, uncertainty and pain.

There is a difference between a person who is dying and a person who is suicidal. I do not want to die. I am dying.

Americans around the country who came forward to make my 'bucket list' dream come true.

To have control of my own mind... to go with dignity is less terryfying. When I look at both options I have to die, I feel this is far more humane.

The reason to consider life and what's of value is to make sure you're not missing out. Seize the day. What's important to you? What do you care about? What matters? Pursue that. Forget the rest.

I believe this choice is ethical, and what makes it ethical is it is a choice.

I'm choosing to suffer less. To put myself and my family through less pain.

Spread good energy. Pay it forward!

I won't live to see the death-with-dignity movement reach critical mass, but I call on you to carry it forward.

If you ever find yourself walking a mile in my shoes, I hope that you would be at least be given the same choice.

We are the decisive factor in the affairs of the universe.

it is dangerous to unmask images, since they dissimulate the fact that there is nothing behind them).

I think what he [Donald Trump] has said is that people are not going to be eligible for legalization or citizenship unless they leave the country and get back in line.

If you want to do a certain thing, you first have to be a certain person. Once you become that certain person, you will not care anymore about doing that certain thing.

My name means 'hope' in Spanish and it's a name I want to live up to.

You have to be a good team, but you have to be lucky and stay away from injuries.

For she had embodied the Great Perhaps--she had proved to me that it was worth it to leave behind my minor life for grander maybes, and now she was gone and with her my faith in perhaps.

I refuse to believe in a god who is the primary cause of conflict in the world, preaches racism, sexism, homophobia, and ignorance, and then sends me to hell if I'm 'bad'.

Wisdom teaches us that none but birds should go out early, and that not even birds should do it unless they are out of worms.

We are always running, and it has become a habit. We struggle all the time, even during our sleep. We are at war with ourselves, and we can easily start a war with others.