Top 20 Quotes & Sayings by Brittany Maynard

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Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Brittany Maynard

Brittany Lauren Maynard was an American activist with terminal cancer who decided that she would end her own life "when the time seemed right." She was an advocate for the legalization of assisted suicide for the terminally ill.

November 19, 1984 - November 1, 2014
If you ever find yourself walking a mile in my shoes, I hope that you would be at least be given the same choice.
It is people who pause to appreciate life and give thanks who are happiest. If we change our thoughts, we change our world! Love and peace to you all.
The reason to consider life and what's of value is to make sure you're not missing out. Seize the day. What's important to you? What do you care about? What matters? Pursue that. Forget the rest.
Americans around the country who came forward to make my 'bucket list' dream come true. — © Brittany Maynard
Americans around the country who came forward to make my 'bucket list' dream come true.
I won't live to see the death-with-dignity movement reach critical mass, but I call on you to carry it forward.
Spread good energy. Pay it forward!
I feel very fortunate to go surrounded by love. I'm proud of the life I lived.
The thoughts that go through your mind when you find out you have so little time is everything that you need to say to everyone that you love.
I want to die on my own terms.
Right when I was I was diagnosed my husband and I were actively trying for a family, which is heartbreaking for us both.
I hope to enjoy however many days I have on this beautiful Earth and spend as much of it outside as I can surrounded by those I love.
I feel lucky... I have tremendous support so I've never felt alone.
The world is a beautiful place, travel has been my greatest teacher, my close friends and folks are the greatest givers. I even have a ring of support around my bed as I type … Goodbye world. Spread good energy. Pay it forward!
To have control of my own mind... to go with dignity is less terryfying. When I look at both options I have to die, I feel this is far more humane.
Having the choice at the end of my life has become incredibly important. It has given me a sense of peace during a time that otherwise would be dominated by fear, uncertainty and pain.
Who has the right to tell me that I don't deserve this choice?
I believe this choice is ethical, and what makes it ethical is it is a choice.
There is a difference between a person who is dying and a person who is suicidal. I do not want to die. I am dying.
We all just realized that I am terminally ill and I'm dying and I would just prefer to die with less pain and less suffering. — © Brittany Maynard
We all just realized that I am terminally ill and I'm dying and I would just prefer to die with less pain and less suffering.
I'm choosing to suffer less. To put myself and my family through less pain.
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