Souvenirs

Funniest line about having cancer

Posted By Lorena

(Originally posted February 19, 2006)

Bill, yesterday: “I told my doctor I was more interested in quality of life, and not longevity. I kind of assumed he’d understand that ‘quality of life’ meant, you know, fucking walking.”

Sometimes you just have to laugh, because the crying would kill you.

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