One in Eight Quotes

“Sometimes survival looks like endurance, not dignity. And endurance counts.”
― Vikki Espinosa, One in Eight: A Breast Cancer Journey and Practical Guide for Patients, Families, and Workplaces

“Healing isn’t linear, and it isn’t quiet.”
― Vikki Espinosa, One in Eight: A Breast Cancer Journey and Practical Guide for Patients, Families, and Workplaces

“Hair loss wasn’t vanity. It was grief for the woman I remembered when I looked in the mirror.”
― Vikki Espinosa, One in Eight: A Breast Cancer Journey and Practical Guide for Patients, Families, and Workplaces

“Grief doesn’t end; it changes shape and travels with you.”
― Vikki Espinosa, One in Eight: A Breast Cancer Journey and Practical Guide for Patients, Families, and Workplaces

“You don’t return to who you were. You learn to live as who you’ve become.”
― Vikki Espinosa, One in Eight: A Breast Cancer Journey and Practical Guide for Patients, Families, and Workplaces

“I learned to talk to myself the way I’d talk to my best friend — with encouragement, compassion, and love.”
― Vikki Espinosa, One in Eight: A Breast Cancer Journey and Practical Guide for Patients, Families, and Workplaces

“With cancer, the goal wasn’t to recover. It was simply to live — and once I did, I had to figure out what living even meant.”
― Vikki Espinosa, One in Eight: A Breast Cancer Journey and Practical Guide for Patients, Families, and Workplaces