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For me, at least, fiction is the only way i can even begin to twist my lying memories into something true.

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We just did an awesome job of not dying.

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

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Here's the thing about Hazel: Almost everyone is obsessed with leaving a mark upon the world. Bequeathing a legacy. Outlasting death. We all want to b...more

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I don't think you're dying," I said. "I think you've just got a touch of cancer.He smiled. Gallows humor.

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Peter Van Houten was the only person I’d ever come across who seemed to (a) understand what it’slike to be dying, and (b) not have died.

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I liked being a person. I wanted to keep at it.