“My work with AIDS patients started right at the beginning of the epide...” — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Quote

“My work with AIDS patients started right at the beginning of the epidemic, totally unplanned and spontaneous, as all my work had proceeded in the previous two decades, if it were not already my whole life-style! In the early eighties, we knew very little about this peculiar disease.”

“Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is neither frightening nor painful, but a peaceful cessation of the functioning of the body.”

“One thing I can take credit for, along with the rest of show business, is when the red ribbons were out, we cured AIDS. Any advancements that came towards fighting AIDS were not done by scientists or doctors - it was people with little ribbons on their lapels.”

“You can't stigmatize people, you can't cut away people you admire just because they suffer AIDS. It's just not right.”

“By the way, what happened to our surgeon general who warned us about AIDS and smoking? That position has been completely stripped of power.”