Do you ever wonder whether people would like you more or less if they could see inside you?
John GreenAgustus asked if I wanted to go with him to Support Group, but I was really tired from my busy day of Having Cancer, so I passed.
John GreenAccording to Maslow, I was stuck on the second level of the pyramid, unable to feel secure in my health and therefore unable to reach for love and respect and art and whatever else, which is, utter horseshit: The urge to make art or contemplate philosophy does not go away when you are sick. Those urges just become transfigured by illness. Maslow's pyramid seemed to imply I was less human than other people, and most people seemed to agree with him.
John Green