Her shut-eyed smile transformed itself into something else: the smile of someone brave and knowing, someone whose pain had made her wise.

Wally Lamb
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In the movie The Fault in Our Stars, Hazel Grace Lancaster is a cancer patient who meets a boy named Augustus Waters. Hazel is a very brave and strong young girl. When she is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she cherishes all of the memories she has with her loved ones. She is only thirteen but already has a very strong personality and doesn’t want to waste her time on anything other than living life to its fullest.

When she meets Augustus, who also has terminal cancer, he helps her fight the disease and even helps her through it. He makes her laugh and gives her hope that she can live life to its fullest.

Source: Shes Come Undone

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