“When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror, like the passengers in his car.”

“I'd like to die like my old dad, peacefully in his sleep, not screaming like his passengers.”

“Death is like my car. It takes me where I want to go.”

“I want to go to sleep and not wake up, but I don't want to die. I want to eat like a normal person eats, but I need to see my bones or I will hate myself even more and I might cut my heart out or take every pill that was ever made.”

“When I said I wanted to die in my sleep, I meant I wanted to be stepped on by an elephant while making love.”

“It was the neurosurgeons who fascinated me. When they explained what they could do surgically to help, I thought, I want to be like them. I want to know what they know and have the ability to heal like they do. Eventually my grandfather got better, and my path in life was started.”

“When I go let it be like James Dean, I don't want to die slow.”

“I want to go to sleep and not wake up, but I don’t want to die.”

“I close my eyes. And i scream. If my whole world is crashing down around me, then I am going to make the sound of the crashing. I want to scream until all my bones break.”

“I don't want to be a passenger in my own life.”