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“I really thought she was going to die before I could tell her that I was going to die, too.”
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“Whenever you read a cancer booklet or website or whatever, they always list depression among the side effects of cancer. But, in fact, depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“I told Augustus the broad outline of my miracle: diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer when I was thirteen. (I didn’t tell him that the diagnosis came three months after I got my first period. Like: Congratulations! You’re a woman. Now die.)”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“Fear is the cancer”
― The Devouring
― The Devouring
“There was quite a lot of competitiveness about it, with everybody wanting to beat not only cancer itself, but also the other people in the room. Like, I realize that this is irrational, but when they tell you that you have, say, a 20 percent chance of living five years, the math kicks in and you figure that’s one in five . . . so you look around and think, as any healthy person would: I gotta outlast four of these bastards.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
Pouvashi’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Pouvashi’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
449 books
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62 friends
2 books
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72 friends
2 books
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68 friends
10 books
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50 friends
2 books
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114 friends
2 books
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131 friends
14 books
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25 friends
3 books
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40 friends
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