“Don't tell me you're one of those people who becomes their disease. I know so many people like that disheartening. Like, cancer… — John Green Copy Share Image
Isaac out of surgery. It went well. He's officially NEC. NEC meant "no evidence of cancer." A second text came a few… — John Green Copy Share Image
“What am I at war with? My cancer. And what is my cancer? My cancer is me. The tumors are made of… — John Green Copy Share Image
Throughout the book, she refers to herself as "the side effect," which is just totally correct. Cancer kids are essentially side effects… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Nostalgia is a side effect of cancer," I told him. "Nah, nostalgia is a side effect of dying," he answered.” — John Green Copy Share Image
I told Augustus the broad outline of my miracle: diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer when I was thirteen. (I didn’t tell… — John Green Copy Share Image
That was the worst part about having cancer, sometimes: The physical evidence of disease separates you from other people. — John Green Copy Share Image
She had this dark cancer water dripping out of her chest. Eyes closed. Intubated. But her hand was still her hand, still… — John Green Copy Share Image
And then we were kissing. My hand let go of the oxygen cart and I reached up for his neck, and he… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Which meant there was quite a lot of competitiveness about it, with everybody wanting to beat not only cancer itself, but also… — John Green Copy Share Image
“What am I at war with? My cancer. And what is my cancer? My cancer is me.” — John Green Copy Share Image
But in AIA, Anna decides that being a person with cancer who starts a cancer charity is a bit narcissistic, so she… — John Green Copy Share Image
One of the pitfalls of writing about illness is that it is very easy to imagine people with cancer as either these… — John Green Copy Share Image
We live in a universe devoted to the creation, and eradication, of awareness. Augustus Waters did not die after a lengthy battle… — John Green Copy Share Image
“I didn't tell him that the diagnosis came three months after I got my first period. Like: Congratulations! You're a woman. Now… — John Green Copy Share Image
“We are literally in the heart of Jesus,” he said. “I thought we were in a church basement, but we are literally… — John Green Copy Share Image
I don't think you're dying," I said. "I think you've just got a touch of cancer. He smiled. Gallows humor. — John Green Copy Share Image
“Cancer kids are essentially side effects of the relentless mutation that made the diversity of life on earth possible.” — John Green Copy Share Image
People talk about the courage of cancer patients, and I do not deny that courage. I had been poked and stabbed and… — John Green Copy Share Image
Issac:"I dislike living in a world without Augustus Waters." Computer: "I don't understand-" Issac: "Me neither. Pause — John Green Copy Share Image
She smiled with all the delight of a kid on Christmas morning and said, "Y'all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die." -… — John Green Copy Share Image
Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Traffic's not too bad on Sheridan, and I'm cornering the car like it's the Indy 500, and we're listening to my favorite NMH song,… — John Green Copy Share Image
So I was ugly. I was never fat, really, and I never wore headgear or had zits or anything. But I was ugly. I… — John Green Copy Share Image
“said to him quietly, as if I couldn’t hear or something. Dad was about to respond but I interrupted.” — John Green Copy Share Image
I believe humans have souls, and I believe in the conservation of souls. — John Green Copy Share Image
