I told Augustus the broad outline of my miracle: diagnosed w... - John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

"I told Augustus the broad outline of my miracle: diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer when I was thirteen. (I didn’t tell him that the diagnosis came three months after I got my first period. Like: Congratulations! You’re a woman. Now die.)"

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