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title: "4 Wheelchair Life Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [It was physically difficult, adjusting to wheelchair life, but I remember a great relief and happiness that I was finally getting somewhere,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/it-was-physically-difficult-adjusting-to-wheelchair-life-but-i/)

[Robert Wyatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wyatt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d0/robert-wyatt-8333_adjusting_it-was-physically-difficult-adjusting-to_77388.jpg)

> [At 70, my late father, Peter, underwent a foot amputation after surgical complications. There were suggestions that at his age being in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanni-grey-thompson/at-70-my-late-father-peter-underwent-a-foot-amputation-after-surgical/)

[Tanni Grey-Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanni-grey-thompson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/tanni-grey-thompson-5713_age_at-70-my-late-father-peter-underwent-a-f_390732.jpg)

> [One of the things I struggled with growing up was that that I never saw anyone like me on TV or in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dylan-alcott/one-of-the-things-i-struggled-with-growing-up-was-that-that-i-never/)

[Dylan Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dylan-alcott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/dylan-alcott-5673_accident_one-of-the-things-i-struggled-with-growi_576718.jpg)

> [Well, I'm using a cane, so what? So what if they shot me sitting in a wheelchair? That's life!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-clark/well-i-m-using-a-cane-so-what-so-what-if-they-shot-me-sitting-in-a/)

[Dick Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-clark/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1aa/dick-clark-16767_life_well-i-m-using-a-cane-so-what-so-what-if_2029018.jpg)

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