John Green Author, YouTuber “Tobin," Mom said disapprovingly. She wasn't a particularly funny person. It suited her professionally - I mean, you don't want your cancer surgeon to walk into the examination room and be like, "Guy walks into a bar. Bartender says, 'What'll ya have?' And the guy says, 'Whaddya got?' And the bartender says, 'I don't know what I got, but I know what you got: Stage IV melanoma.” Mean Mom Cancer ♥ 3
John Green Author, YouTuber “There was quite a lot of competitiveness about it, with everybody wanting to beat not only cancer itself, but also the other people in the room. Like, I realize that this is irrational, but when they tell you that you have, say, a 20 percent chance of living five years, the math kicks in and you figure that’s one in five . . . so you look around and think, as any healthy person would: I gotta outlast four of these bastards.” Real Cancer Math ♥ 3
John Green Author, YouTuber “There is only one things in this world shittier than biting it from cancer when you're sixteen, and that's having a kid who bites it from cancer.” World Kids Cancer ♥ 3
John Green Author, YouTuber “How are the eyes?' 'Oh, excellent,' he said. 'I mean, they're not in my head is the only problem.' 'Awesome, yeah,' Gus said. 'Not to one-up you or anything, but my body is made out of cancer.' 'So I heard,' Issac said, trying not to let it get to him. He fumbled toward Gus's hand and found only his thigh. 'I'm taken,' Gus said.” Real Taken Cancer ♥ 3
John Green Author, YouTuber “But of course there is always a hamartia and yours is that oh, my God, even though you HAD FREAKING CANCER you give money to a company in exchange for the chance to acquire YET MORE CANCER.” Giving Chance Cancer ♥ 3
John Green Author, YouTuber “Agustus 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.” Support Tired Cancer ♥ 3
John Green Author, YouTuber “People talk about the courage of cancer patients, and I do not deny that courage. I had been poked and stabbed and poisoned for years, and still I trod on. But make no mistake: In that moment, I would have been very, very happy to die.” Years Mistake Cancer ♥ 3
John Green Author, YouTuber “But in AIA, Anna decides that being a person with cancer who starts a cancer charity is a bit narcissistic, so she starts a charity called The Anna Foundation for People with cancer Who Want to Cure Cholera.” People Cancer Foundation ♥ 3
KM Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Businesswoman, Entrepreneur “What really got me focused on cancer was when my best friend was diagnosed with breast cancer and even though she was a well-to-do person, I found that her treatment costs were crippling.” Cancer Cost My Best Friend ♥ 3
Mollie King Singer “My biggest fear in life is losing the people I love, and the thing with cancer is that it seems that you can't really control it.” People Cancer Losing ♥ 3
MJ Mary Johnson Civil Rights Activist “Un-forgiveness is like cancer; it eats you from the inside out.” Cancer ♥ 3
