“I tried to tell myself that it could be worse, that the world was not a wish-granting factory, that I was living with cancer not dying of it, that I mustn't let it kill me before it kills me,...”
“I wanted..." I said."I know," he said. "I know. Apparently the world is not a wish-granting factory." That made me smile a little.”
“At least I could tell she wouldn't try to kill me in my sleep now.”
“The'll have to kill me before I die--Yellowbeard”
“Once I tried to kill myself with a bungee cord. I kept almost dying.”
“Cancer isn't the worst thing that can happen to a person. And neither is dying young. Taking life for granted, living badly-- these things seem far worse to me. In many ways- ways that count- I'm the luckiest girl in the world.”