Helene Staberg

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“So Plato talked about these beings that used to exist that had four legs and four arms and two heads. They were totally self-contained and ecstatic and powerful. Too powerful, so Zeus cut them all in half and scattered all the halves around the world so that humans were doomed to forever look for their other half, the one who shared their very soul. Only the luckiest humans find their split-apart, you see.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“Once you think a thought, it is extremely difficult to unthink it.”
― John Green, Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances

“No woman can resist a man who has tidal waves and earthquakes beneath the skin.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun