I tried to tell myself that it could be worse, that the world was not …

John Green
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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. ✨ The Fault in Our Stars. Book by John Green, January 10, 2012.
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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. ✨ The Fault in Our Stars. Book by John Green, January 10, 2012.

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