Treatments and therapies have never been better in the face of this disease. You have every reason to be optimistic, determined, and focused on the future. My only other advice is to cherish every moment with those you love at every stage of your journey, as I have done this summer.

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.

Adlai Stevenson

Historians desiring to write the actions of men, ought to set down the simple truth, and not say anything for love or hatred; also to choose such an opportunity for writing as it may be lawful to think what they will, and write what they think, which is a rare happiness of the time.

Sir Walter Raleigh

I love MySpace it's done an amazing job for me and it's been insane over the past couple of weeks, but I'm not a poster girl for them.

Lily Allen

Strength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity.

David Hare

I was lucky enough to be the lady that was asked to be Maria in the Sound Of Music, and that film was fortunate enough to be huge hit. The same with Mary Poppins. I got terribly lucky in that respect.

Julie Andrews

A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.

John B. S. Haldane

It's both funny and sad which seem to me to be the two basic ingredients of good comedy.

Tony Hancock

Prosperity or egalitarianism - you have to choose. I favor freedom - you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion.

Mario Vargas Llosa

A book worth reading is worth buying.

John Ruskin

Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help.

Bodhidharma

Leowin: Don't worry Luthiel. 'Truth's existence never depended upon belief.

Robert Fanney

Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.

Paulo Coelho