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We just did an awesome job of not dying.

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Tobin," Mom said disapprovingly. She wasn't a particularly funny person. It suited her professionally - I mean, you don't want your cancer surgeon to ...more

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Right, well, he'd been sick for a while and his nurse said to him, 'You seem to be feeling better this morning,' and Isben looked at her and said, 'On...more

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Oh God, Alaska, I love you. I love you," and the Colonel whispered, "I'm so sorry, Pudge. I know you did," and I said, "No. Not past tense." She wasn'...more

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With a sigh, he grabbed hold of his chair and lifted himself out of it, then wrote on the blackboard: How will we ever get out of this labyrinth of su...more

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You can't just make me different and then leave

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Suffering is universal. It's the one thing Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims are all worried about

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I would not be dying if it were not for her. I would have stayed home, as I have always stayed home, and I would have been safe, and I would have done...more

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Like they just wanted to enjoy The Gus Waters Show while it was still in town.

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Losing you're co-remember meant losing the memory itself.

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It lit up like a Christmas Tree Hazel Grace...

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There is only one things in this world shittier than biting it from cancer when you're sixteen, and that's having a kid who bites it from cancer.

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depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying.

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We live in a universe devoted to the creation, and eradication, of awareness. Augustus Waters did not die after a lengthy battle with cancer. He died ...more

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Love"I'm in love with you," he said quietly."Augustus,"I said."I am," he said. He was staring at me, and I could see the corners of his eyes crinkling...more