Lou Gehrig Als Quotes & Sayings

No one mocked him in his bedchamber, but he would not live his life in bed. — George R R Martin

By the time I rose and started walking again, I didn't begrudge my mother a thing. The truth was, in spite of all that, she'd been a spectacular mom. I knew it as I was growing up. I knew it in the days that she was dying. I knew it now. And I knew that was something. That it was a lot. I had plenty of friends who had moms who - no matter how long they lived - would never give them the all-encompassing love that my mother had given me. My mother considered that love her greatest achievement. — Cheryl Strayed

I've had a long life and a lot of relationships and not one of them do I wish - well, I take that back - there are a couple I could have done without. — Holland Taylor

The dead are never far from us. They're in our hearts and on our minds and in the end all that separates us from them is a single breath, one final puff of air. — William Kent Krueger

No doubt, wherever public life and its law of equality are completely victorious, wherever a civilization succeeds in eliminating or reducing to a minimum the dark background of difference, it will end in complete petrifaction and be punished, so to speak, for having forgotten that man is only the master, not the creator of the world. — Hannah Arendt

I feel the terror of idleness, like a red thirst. Death isn't just an idea. — Mary Oliver

Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle. — Naval Ravikant

Anger is generally seen as an unwelcome presence in our midst, however natural it may be. Although each person, and each society, is charged with how anger is to be appropriately channeled, the denial of anger, or its continuous repression, is a deep source of our psychopathology and will invariably seek its expression in a less healthful fashion. — James Hollis

In-Between the strumming of the strings...
a Life is Lived and Ends...
Play your music well, It's All you have to Give — Dr. Marc

Love is a rare herb that makes a friend even of a sworn enemy and this herb grows out of nonviolence. — Mahatma Gandhi

I'm probably an actor that tends to, instead of putting things on, think about it more in terms of taking away what's not in the character, until I'm left with what is. If that makes sense. That's probably a particularly American way of working, but maybe not. The end of any movie is a readjustment. — Molly Parker

I thought of my new uncertainty: How long can I live with ALS?
I thought: "Don't search for answers. Live the question."
Enjoy life more because of the uncertainty, not less. — Susan Spencer-Wendel

When we were kids and would play hide and seek you found me before anyone else. Always. I thought you were magic."
"No magic, Nina. You were the only one I ever looked for. — Blayne Cooper