Series of Catastrophes and Miracles, A Quotes

“Cancer is not a single disease, and it almost certainly can't ever be addressed with a single magical potion. It has to be approached with a variety of protocols. So when well-meaning peopleーor, more infuriatingly, certain cancer organizations that ought to know betterーtalk about finding "the cure" for "this disease", it's a good bet that they are talking a lot of nonsense.”
― MaryElizabeth Williams, Series of Catastrophes and Miracles, A: A True Story of Love, Science, and Cancer

“She will later tell me she remembers nothing after she entered the bathroom. And later, when she has her last day of chemo, I'll call her to see how she's feeling. "I'm angry," she'll say. "I'm angry and I'm scared and I'm mad at myself for not just being happy and grateful." The truth is that you can be angry and scared and happy and grateful and tired and fed up at the same time. I guess that's the gift of cancer.”
― MaryElizabeth Williams, Series of Catastrophes and Miracles, A: A True Story of Love, Science, and Cancer

“I had a religious experience somewhere around Exit 9," I tell Jeff later that night. "I was looking up at the stars, and I thought, whatever happens, it's okay. You're part of the universe. You're connected to it forever."

"Yeah, well," he says, "That's nice that you want to be a star somewhere in the Milky Way. But I just spent five hours in the car with those kids, and there's no way you're leaving me alone with them. You're not going into the light. You're not leaving to become a moonbeam. Forget it. I won't let you. Fuck off." It's the sweetest thing anyone's ever said to me.”
― MaryElizabeth Williams, Series of Catastrophes and Miracles, A: A True Story of Love, Science, and Cancer

“Needing to ask isn't the point, is it?' I reply, and she nods....Just because you can take care of yourself doesn't always mean you ought to. The friends who've moved my heart most deeply in all of this have been the ones that didn't wait for a request.”
― Mary Elizabeth Williams, Series of Catastrophes and Miracles, A: A True Story of Love, Science, and Cancer

“Disasters don't just show you what you're made of. They show you, with savage clarity, what everybody else is made of too.”
― Mary Elizabeth Williams, Series of Catastrophes and Miracles, A: A True Story of Love, Science, and Cancer

“You're supposed to be there when it hits the fan.”
― Mary Elizabeth Williams, Series of Catastrophes and Miracles, A: A True Story of Love, Science, and Cancer

“We all find our own way.”
― Mary Elizabeth Williams, Series of Catastrophes and Miracles, A: A True Story of Love, Science, and Cancer