Diary of a Dying Girl Quotes

“The burden of being an inspiration is heavy, because it means you have to be positive all the time, no matter what you’re going through.”
― Mallory Smith, Diary of a Dying Girl

“For me to be an inspiration, the expectation is that I glide, like a duck defying physics. That is what we want to see, because it gives us hope that it’s what we ourselves can achieve. But when I’m in the ER and in the midst of an acute health crisis, I’m not happily greeting every single person who comes to poke and prod. I’m not thanking any sort of God for the thousands of things I have to be grateful for.”
― Mallory Smith, Diary of a Dying Girl

“People have always called me an inspiration, but I’m not. I do sweat the small stuff, just like everyone else. I just happen to also have to sweat the big, life-or-death stuff.”
― Mallory Smith, Diary of a Dying Girl