Al Purdy Quotes

You've never seen this country It's not the way you thought it was Look again.

Men must try and try again.

I was in kidney failure. I ended up having a kidney transplant on my 21st birthday.

I love the smell of rain, and I love the sound of the ocean waves.

I got this second chance at life, and I live it.

I've never wanted sympathy votes in anything I do in my life.

I feel that losing both my legs was a blessing. It was meant to happen to me: I wouldn't have had the opportunity to touch so many lives in such a positive way.

You don't have to be positive all the time.

I've learned that borders are where the actual ends, but also where the imagination and the story begins.

I don't want to see myself as this sad, disabled girl. I know that. I don't want other people to see me as that, either.

When I turned 16 and got my license, the Chevy Blazer was passed down from my sister, so it was very much a starter car.