“It's embarrassing that we all just walk through life blindly accepting that scrambled eggs are fundamentally associated with mornings.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“The world is not a wish-granting factory.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“I’ve always believed growing up that the story of the hero is the journey of weakness to strength. But writing about Gus taught me that the real hero’s journey is the journey from strength to weakness, and that was a very helpful thing for me to realise in trying to tell his story, so I felt like that was kind of the gift that he gave me.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“Are you currently at your house?" he asked.
"Um, no," I said.
"That was a trick question. I knew the answer, because I am currently at your house.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
"Um, no," I said.
"That was a trick question. I knew the answer, because I am currently at your house.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
“My cancer is me. The tumors are made of me. They’re made of me as surely as my brain and my heart are made of me. It is a civil war with a predetermined winner”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
Carmen’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Carmen’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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