“It occurs to me that it is the very thing that made her that will be the thing to finally take her down.”
Source: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“All the anxiety over small things had burned off me in the fire of reentry, the fire of being afraid I was going to die.”
Source: The Story of My Tits
“The idea that there could be one solution to breast cancer- screening, early detection, some universal cure- is certainly appealing. All of us, those who fear the disease, those who live with it, our friends and families, the corporations who swath themselves in pink, wish it were true. Wearing a bracelet, sporting a ribbon, running a race, or buying a pink blender expresses our hopes and that feels good - even virtuous. But making a difference is more complicated than that.”
Source: Don't Call Me Princess: Essays on Girls, Women, Sex, and Life
“I've been married forever, and I still don't have it right.”
Source: Dancing through Minefields
“I LOVE YOU FROM THE WAIST DOWN, I DON'T DEAL IN DAMAGED GOODS.”
Source: Dancing through Minefields
“There is no such thing as false hope. There is only hope”
Source: Aerobics In A Wig: A Faith Journey Through Breast Cancer
“Cancer is never invited and cancer never leaves.”
Source: The Unlikely Gift of Breast Cancer
“I've since learned that when you lose your same sex parent as a child, it's very common to believe that you, too, will die at the same age as your parent, or when your child is the same age you were. It's a kind of 'instinctive' knowledge, like knowing if you jump into your bed from far enough away, the monsters aren't allowed to grab your ankles.”
Source: Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n Roll, and a Tiara
“We were blonde, but we weren't dumb.”
Source: Dancing through Minefields
“I remember because I cannot forget”
Source: Dancing through Minefields