We imagine people as animals or gods. -But she was just a person, a girl.

Margo's beauty was a kind of sealed vessel of perfection--uncracked and uncrackable.

I don't think your missing pieces ever fit inside you again once they go missing.

Lies are attempts to hide the truth by willfully denying facts. Fiction, on the other hand, is an attempt to reveal the truth by ignoring facts.

I do, Augustus. I do.

Like everyone, I'm saddened and horrified by this. All I'll say is that I'm personally trying to pay more attention to the victims than to their murderer. I certainly will not be mentioning the murderer. I don't think he warrants our attention-particularly since he so clearly wanted it.

I always wondered if there was a purpose to the universe, if there was a plan, if there was some sort of organizing factor, hopefully that I played a role in.