“The word Cancer alone makes me shiver. How harsh and unforgiving it sounds.”
“Are you asking me if I fuck my food?” The words sound overly harsh in the darkness. “I suppose I am.”
“It's the intent, not the word, that makes something harsh.”
“Bran was the only person I knew who could use words like "blackguard" and make them sound like swear words-but then he could have said "bunny rabbit" in that tone of voice and weaken my spine with the same shiver of fear.”
“...he assured me that God didn't make cancer because cancer is not good, and he cautioned me not to blame God for something He didn't make.”
“It is not the cold which makes me shiver”