The phrase booze and mischief left me worrying I'd stumbled into what my mother referred to as "the wrong crowd," but for the wrong crowd, they both seemed awfully smart.

This is what I love about novels - both reading them and writing them. They jump into the abyss to be with you where you are.

She raised one leg and gave me all her weight as a I dipped her. She either trusted me or wanted to fall.

It is a good life, Hazel Grace.

We are greater than the sum of our parts.

what i really want - and what i never get - is to be appreciated. do you know what it’s like to work so hard to make sure everyone’s happy, and to have not a single person recognize it

There's some people in this world who you can just love and love and love no matter what.