Elizabeth Edwards

To be perfectly frank, there is an odd place after losing a child, where you think somehow your life is worth less. ”

You have to have enough respect for other human beings to leave their lives alone. If you admire that life, build it for yourself. Don't just try to come in and take somebody else's life. ”

Life is this great big blackboard, and on it you write all the things that you do. ”

Almost everybody embraces life. ”

I have a lot that I intend to do in this life. ”

I come out of real life. ”

What happened after Katrina is that people were stirred to action; there were an enormous number of contributions by people trying to make a difference. But then we forget. We've forgotten Katrina victims, we've forgotten the face of poverty. ”

What we hope to achieve is a society that doesn't value a white man because he's a white man, but also doesn't value a woman because she's a woman, or a black because he's a black. ”

I don't expect to get yesterday's medicine. If I can help it, I'd like to get tomorrow's medicine. ”

But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful. ”