Study broadly and without fear.

That was the worst part about having cancer, sometimes: The physical evidence of disease separates you from other people.

It always shocked me when I realized that I wasn’t the only person in the world who thought and felt such strange and awful things.

Dad had a sign of his own. MY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, it read, and then underneath that (AND GUS).

To be human is to catch the falling person.

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

I don't even know how ugly and pretty get decided.