Her primary reason for living and my primary reason for living were awfully entangled.

Every paper girl needs at least one string.

When you say nasty things about people, you should never say the true ones, because you can't really fully and honestly take those back.

I think if you keep the box closed long enough you do kill the cat, actually.

Did I help you to a fate you didn't want?

Augustus, perhaps you’d like to share your fears with the group.” “My fears?” “Yes.” “I fear oblivion,” he said without a moment’s pause. “I fear it like the proverbial blind man who’s afraid of the dark.” “Too soon,” Isaac said, cracking a smile. “Was that insensitive?” Augustus asked. “I can be pretty blind to other people’s feelings.

No, I don’t think you’re gonna be single forever, and also I don’t understand your obsession with romantic love. There are other ways to have fulfilling relationships that can sustain you and make your life great and fun other than having a sexualized relationship. It’s not the only kind of fulfilling human interaction. So, even if you are single forever, that doesn’t mean that you’ve had some kind of failed life.