“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are...”

“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living hu...”

“My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.”

“The marks humans leave are too often scars.”

“What a slut time is. She screws everybody.”

“Oh, I wouldn't mind, Hazel Grace. It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.”