Whether you're studying electrical engineering or poetry, college is not about maximizing income, it's about becoming a better and more informed observer of the universe. And for me, at least, that what's leads to a more fulfilling life.

There comes a time when we realize that our parents cannot save themselves or save us, that everyone who wades through time eventually gets dragged out to sea by the undertow- that, in short, we are all going.

I'm a grenade, I just want to stay away from people and read books, and think.

The world went on, as it does, without my full participation, and I only woke up from the reverie when someone said my name.

Nothing to be gained by worrying between now and then.

I don't know why boys expect us to like boy movies. We don't expect them to like girl movies.

Tell me my copy is missing the last twenty pages or something. Hazel Grace, tell me I have not reached the end of this book. OH MY GOD DO THEY GET MARRIED OR NOT OH MY GOD WHAT IS THIS?!