“Poetry will help,” Glerk said. “The study of language ennobles the rowdiest beast.” “Science will organize that brain of hers,” Xan said. “How can a child be naughty when she is studying the stars?” “I shall teach her math,” Fyrian said.
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“Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.”
― The Gifts of Imperfection
― The Gifts of Imperfection
“Why are breakfast food breakfast foods?" I asked them. "Like, why don't we have curry for breakfast?"
"Hazel, eat."
"But why?" I asked. "I mean seriously: How did scrambled eggs get stuck with breakfast exclusivity? You can put bacon on a sandwich without anyone freaking out. But the moment your sandwich has an egg, boom, it's a breakfast sandwich.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
"Hazel, eat."
"But why?" I asked. "I mean seriously: How did scrambled eggs get stuck with breakfast exclusivity? You can put bacon on a sandwich without anyone freaking out. But the moment your sandwich has an egg, boom, it's a breakfast sandwich.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
“The food was so good that with each passing course, our conversation devolved further into fragmented celebrations of its deliciousness:
'I want this dragon carrot risotto to become a person so I can take it to Las Vegas and marry it.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
'I want this dragon carrot risotto to become a person so I can take it to Las Vegas and marry it.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
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