“There is no try. There is only do.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“the world wasn't made for us, we were made for the world”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“She didn’t understand why it was happening,” he said. “I had to tell her she would die. Her social worker said I had to tell her. I had to tell her she would die, so I told her she was going to heaven. She asked if I would be there, and I said that I would not, not yet. But eventually, she said, and I promised that yes, of course, very soon. And I told her that in the meantime we had great family up there that would take care of her. And she asked me when I would be there, and I told her soon. Twenty-two years ago.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“I nodded. I liked Augustus Waters. I really, really, really liked him. I liked the way his story ended with someone else. I liked his voice. I liked that he took existentially fraught free throws. I liked that he was a tenured professor in the Department of Slightly Crooked Smiles with a dual appointment in the Department of Having a Voice That Made My Skin Feel More Like Skin. And I liked that he had two names. I’ve always liked people with two names, because you get to make up your mind what you call them: Gus or Augustus? Me, I was always just Hazel, univalent Hazel.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“As I recall, you promised to CALL when you finished the book, not text.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
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