Arthur W. Frank Quotes & Sayings

We are free only when we no longer require health, however much we may prefer it. — Arthur W. Frank

At home there were cards and calls from friends and family. I heard from people I had not seen in years and was surprised they even knew I had cancer. These messages in particular gave me what I think ill people need most, a sense that many others, more than you can think of, care deeply that you live. — Arthur W. Frank

The demand being made of me was to treat the breakdown as if fear and frustration were not a part of it, to act as if my life, the whole life, has not changed. — Arthur W. Frank

After I heard that I had had a heart attack, how I lived in my body changed, and my doctor should have found a way to let me know he recognized that. — Arthur W. Frank

When I was very ill, I watched people out running and loved their capacity for movement, their freedom within their bodies. My hope was that they also valued what they were able to be. — Arthur W. Frank

Once the body has known death, it never lives the same again. — Arthur W. Frank

The ill or impaired may, in the sense of fulfilling life, be far more free than healthy people. — Arthur W. Frank