"I want to walk into a room, be it a hospital for the dying or a hospital for the sick children, and feel that I am needed."

"I found myself being more and more involved with people who were on the margins of society."

"I was very, very sick. I was bulimic for years. And that's a secret that was kept from everybody."

"I'm not afraid to die. I think it's important to live a life that you're proud of."

"I just want to do my job."