" Even though I was bedridden, bald, occasionally incontinent, and living with my parents, the very fact of having a boyfriend gave me a sense of normalcy, of still being young, wanted, even beautiful. But some part of me knew the situation wasn’t sustainable. The land of the sick was no place for anyone to live 24/7; I would never have wished it upon my worst enemy. "

― Suleika Jaouad , Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted