“It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“I wanted to know that he would be okay if I died. I wanted to not be a grenade, to not be a malevolent force in the lives of people I loved.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“But it is the nature of stars to cross, and never was Shakespeare more wrong than when he has Cassius note, ‘The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars / But in ourselves.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“That's the way you feel when you're beaten inside. You don't feel angry at those who've beaten you. You just feel ashamed.”
― My Story
― My Story
“Oh, I wouldn't mind, Hazel Grace. It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
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