I'm sorry. I know you loved her. It was hard not to.

You know your problem, Quentin? You keep expecting people not to be themselves.

People believed in an afterlife because they couldn't bear not to.

The Colonel led all the cheers. Cornbread!" he screamed. CHICKEN!" the crowd responded. Rice!" PEAS!" And then, all together: "WE GOT HIGHER SATs." Hip Hip Hip Hooray!" the Colonel cried. YOU'LL BE WORKIN' FOR US SOMEDAY!

And even though he felt pitiful and ridiculous, he didn't want it to end, because he knew the absence of her would hurt more than any breakup ever could.

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

Worry is yet another side effect of dying.