309 quotes found
“If I keep grinning maybe my inoperable colon cancer won't hurt so much.”
“Sometimes the fog in his eyes would clear, that fog caused by the pain and the killers of pain, and when it cleared, I saw regret and fear in those eyes swimming with tears and I was convinced that...”
“Death straps me to the hospital bed, claws its way onto my chest and sits there.I didn't know it would hurt this much. I didn't know that everything good that's ever happened in my life would be em...”
“In 2008, the national Coping with Cancer project published a study showing that terminally ill cancer patients who were put on a mechanical ventilator, given electrical defibrillation or chest comp...”
“I don't think you're dying," I said. "I think you've just got a touch of cancer.He smiled. Gallows humor.”
“I know I'm not supposed to argue with you when you talk about dying. And yes, you could die, Neil. But I could get hit by a bus and die tomorrow. Either we need to live every single day together li...”
“The cancer set into her bones and whittled her down to nothing. The weariness of the world and the weight in her heart laid her to rest in January.”
“Rather than you smoking a cigarette, the cigarette is really smoking you.”
“My father was a doctor,' she says, 'a very kind man. He died in the early '70s, relatively young.' She taps the cigarette packet on the table. 'Of lung cancer.''Oh.''But the thing about that is,' s...”
“We Let the Boat DriftI set out for the pond, crossing the ravine where seedling pines start up like sparks between the disused rails of the Boston and Maine.The grass in the field would make a seco...”
“This is your war now.' I despised myself for the cheesy sentiment, but what else did I have?'Some war,' he said dismissively. 'What am I at war with? My cancer. And what is my cancer? My cancer is ...”
“Most injuries heal in time, but guilt is a cancer that knows where to hide.”
“Cancer, hed said near the end, is the great equalizer. It doesnt care who you are or what kind of salary you make. It doesnt give one damn if you are a good person or a bad one. It is the ultimate ...”
“People who smoke would have probably been regarded as fools or insane, if only a percentage of people who smoke smoked.”
“Happiness is your inherent nature. In the hustle and bustle of life, you have forgotten a part of yourself, and looking for it outside. Fill this void with happiness that is sustainable, not transi...”
“Diseases desperate grown,By desperate appliance are relieved,Or not at all.”
“I sat in that room and realized that you can cut off a finger, cut off a hand, even cut off a leg, but if you take a woman's breast, you are cutting more than just a body part.”
“We have thousands of patients and family members who are dealing with dual devastation, cancer and the hurricane.”
“Famously cancer fighting, laden with vitamins, minerals, soluble fiber, and phytonutrients, broccoli and its relatives are among the healthiest ingredients of the human diet.”
“What we do in the laboratory is we try to design drugs that will not just eradicate cancer cells but will eradicate their homes.”
