Claire Wineland

When I was younger and obsessed with becoming an artist, the hospital was my New York loft apartment. I would move the…

— Claire Wineland

I was only 13 years old when I was forced to face the fragility of my own life. A routine surgery landed…

— Claire Wineland

What happens when you have an illness where you're never going to be healthy? Does that mean I'm never going to have…

— Claire Wineland

If my biggest problem in life was to be healthy, I'd be incredibly bored.

— Claire Wineland

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…

— Claire Wineland

My purpose is to help people be more comfortable with their pain and realize that they have power and a lot to…

— Claire Wineland

Death is Inevitable. Living a life we can be proud of is something we can control.

— Claire Wineland

I've struggled more with guys, depression drugs, family and career than I ever have with my illness. I'm not an innocent and…

— Claire Wineland

I want to show people that the hospital does have its moments. The hospital is just a place, and even though it…

— Claire Wineland

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…

— Claire Wineland

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

When we're suffering, we kind of have this notion that we kind of should stop living and we should just focus on…

— Claire Wineland

I am 17 years old and a senior in high school. I am also, like thousands of other people living on this…

— Claire Wineland

There's so much more to life than just being healthy. There's so much more to life than just being normal.

— Claire Wineland

I'm grateful for my own head and for all the weird things in it.

— Claire Wineland

Growing up, I didn't have any role models that were sick that were doing anything with their life, ever.

— Claire Wineland

I didn't want to be one of those people who was resentful. The moment you start saying to people that their lives…

— Claire Wineland

I don't want to actually die. I want to see what happens in life. I want to see where it goes.

— Claire Wineland

It's OK to feel pain and experience it. I'm not trying to fix myself. My suffering has given me so much.

— Claire Wineland

As I got older, my life become a whirlwind of homework and responsibilities. The hospital became my retreat, a place to gather…

— Claire Wineland

I love the idea of college, but I first need to figure out how to transition to being an adult because we…

— Claire Wineland

A lot of people say when you get a short life span you want to go out and do all of this…

— Claire Wineland