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“I know I'm the one who put limits on this... this thing," she said, and bit her lower lip, suddenly nervous. "But I'm pretty sure we're not quite done with each other." He looked at her for what fe...”
“Cupping a cheek in each hand, he lifted her back up to his desk and pressed his hips hard into hers. Her eyes were worried. "But people keep coming---" "The next person to come is going to be you,"...”
“Bryan, I know youve interviewed a lot of caregiversToo many, Bryan shot back.She inched her chin up a notch. Im not your typical caregiver. Im different.Bryan laughed with no humor. Yeah, Ive heard...”
“She cleared her throat. Bryan, I know youve interviewed a lot of caregiversToo many, Bryan shot back.She inched her chin up a notch. Im not your typical caregiver. Im different.Bryan laughed with n...”
“Im smart in some ways- pretty good vocabulary, solid at math but I am definitely the stupidest smart person there is I was going to be the worst friend in the history of dying girls Because I dont...”
“once ruffle-skirted vanity table where I primped at thirteen, opening drawers to a private chaos of eyeshadows lavender teal sky-blue, swarms of hair pins pony tail fasteners, stashes of powders, c...”
“Indie authors write, design, sell. Like magic, skip one and you make must read vanish.”
“If it's possible to send a message from heaven, I'll get one to you.”
“God, who knows me by name, [is] right next to me.”
“There are times when we find ourselves pitching downwards, out of control. Yet God is always nearby...”
“She'd never been big on church before, but as soon as we landed on cancer planet she went so over-the-top Jesucristo that I think she would have nailed herself to a cross if she'd had one handy.”
“We are literally in the heart of Jesus," he said."I thought we were in a church basement, but we are literally in the heart of Jesus.""Someone should tell Jesus," I said. "I mean, it's gotta be dan...”
“You see, cancer is simply nature's way of making you want to die.'Tatsu.”
“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.”
“I've adopted the guideline of Warren Buffett's partner, Charlie Munger, who says "I wanna know where I'll be when I die - so I never go there.”
“I don't want to die, Buddy.' She put her head on his chest. 'I know this cancer probably won't kill me. But I think about dying all the time. I dream about it. What do you think? Do I get to see Pa...”
“Top question of the dying: "What made me sick?”
“Everyone's dying, Milcah. Some people are just dying sooner than others.”
“You cannot conceive of the depths of my sorrow, Campbell Maria Cooper." Alicia brought her fist to her mouth and her other hand to the rail of the bed and took a deep breath before she continued. "...”
“I have cancer. Cancer doesn't have me.”
