I can't just expect people to know what to say. I have to make them see me as more than my illness. — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be one of those people who was resentful. The moment you start saying to people that their lives must be miserable because they're sick, you give their sickness value over them. — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
When I was younger and obsessed with becoming an artist, the hospital was my New York loft apartment. I would move the furniture around… — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
I was only 13 years old when I was forced to face the fragility of my own life. A routine surgery landed me in… — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
What happens when you have an illness where you're never going to be healthy? Does that mean I'm never going to have a life?… — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
If my biggest problem in life was to be healthy, I'd be incredibly bored. — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
I don't spend any time thinking about the day that I'm cured, or the day that I'm healthier, and that's because I know that… — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
My purpose is to help people be more comfortable with their pain and realize that they have power and a lot to give regardless… — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
Death is Inevitable. Living a life we can be proud of is something we can control. — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
I've struggled more with guys, depression drugs, family and career than I ever have with my illness. I'm not an innocent and I'm not… — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
I want to show people that the hospital does have its moments. The hospital is just a place, and even though it does have… — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
I'm grateful for the doctors that'll be scooping out these lungs and giving me some more life to work with. I'm grateful for the… — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
I can't just expect people to know what to say. I have to make them see me as more than my illness. — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
When we're suffering, we kind of have this notion that we kind of should stop living and we should just focus on his how… — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
