Elizabeth Edwards

You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined. ”

I'm part of a community that holds each other up, and it's been great to be held up too. ”

Part of what I want to do is sort of reclaim my story - it belongs to me and to my children, who have to live with whoever their mother is. ”

People find it a great blessing if their child left behind a child. ”

By what you do, you teach your children how to respond to difficult information. ”

We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot. ”

I grew up in a Navy family. ”

I have an obligation to try to live as long as I can for my family. ”

I've often said that the most important thing you can give your children is wings. Because, you're not gonna always be able to bring food to the nest. You're... sometimes... they're gonna have to be able to fly by themselves. ”

If people think that you're throwing babies out, dissecting children, to do stem-cell research, I'm not for that. ”