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title: "8 Cancer Patient Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Cancer Patient quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Cancer Patient sayings and thoughts."
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> [There are lots of dimensions to being a cancer patient. The overwhelming one is that it takes over your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-brokaw/there-are-lots-of-dimensions-to-being-a-cancer-patient-the/)

[Tom Brokaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-brokaw/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43d/tom-brokaw-2402_being_there-are-lots-of-dimensions-to-being-a_127752.png)

> [Not having hair makes me feel like a cancer patient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-bynes/not-having-hair-makes-me-feel-like-a-cancer-patient/)

[Amanda Bynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-bynes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e4/amanda-bynes-7210_cancer_not-having-hair-makes-me-feel-like-a-can_432189.jpg)

> [It took me a long time to be able to say I was a cancer patient. Then, for a long time, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suleika-jaouad/it-took-me-a-long-time-to-be-able-to-say-i-was-a-cancer-patient-then/)

[Suleika Jaouad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suleika-jaouad/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a5/suleika-jaouad-6310_cancer_it-took-me-a-long-time-to-be-able-to-say_486821.jpg)

> [“She suddenly realizes that Bob, the probable cancer patient, is standing in the hallway looking lost. She stops and tries to look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-winter/she-suddenly-realizes-that-bob-the-probable-cancer-patient-is/)

[Tom Winter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-winter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/787/tom-winter-283826_florence-nightingale_she-suddenly-realizes-that-bob-the-proba_934484.jpg)

> [The failure to think positively can weigh on a cancer patient like a second disease.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-ehrenreich/the-failure-to-think-positively-can-weigh-on-a-cancer-patient-like-a/)

[Barbara Ehrenreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-ehrenreich/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/barbara-ehrenreich-1204_cancer_the-failure-to-think-positively-can-weig_962780.png)

> [What I quickly learned after my diagnosis is that the world of a cancer patient has many parts and a good deal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-brokaw/what-i-quickly-learned-after-my-diagnosis-is-that-the-world-of-a/)

[Tom Brokaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-brokaw/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e42/tom-brokaw-2402_cancer_what-i-quickly-learned-after-my-diagnosi_1776778.png)

> [I am a cancer patient, and I continue to fight with the hope that a cure may be just around the corner.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-harper/i-am-a-cancer-patient-and-i-continue-to-fight-with-the-hope-that-a/)

[Valerie Harper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-harper/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/031/valerie-harper-4175_around-the-corner_i-am-a-cancer-patient-and-i-continue-to_2976226.png)

> [I think any cancer patient, if you dig not too deeply, they want to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-jencks/i-think-any-cancer-patient-if-you-dig-not-too-deeply-they-want-to-live/)

[Charles Jencks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-jencks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c4/charles-jencks-18110_any_i-think-any-cancer-patient-if-you-dig-no_2981986.jpg)

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