"It was just so confusing and so complicated, and it just made me feel so inadequate."

"I like to be a free spirit. Some don’t like that, but that’s the way I am."

"HIV does not make people dangerous to know. You can shake their hands and give them a hug. Heaven knows they need it."

"I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved."

"I'm not afraid to cry."