I hated being careful, too - or wanted to, at least.

What's the meaning of life? Other people.

And so much depends, I told Augustus, upon a blue sky cut open by the branches of the trees above. So much depends upon the transparent G-tube erupting from the gut of the blue-lipped boy. So much depends upon the observer of the universe.

depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying.

... she called it a paper town. Like, you know, everything so fake and flimsy.

"Why are breakfast food breakfast foods?" I asked them. "Like, why don't we have curry for breakfast?" "Hazel, eat." "But why?" I asked. "I mean seriously: How did scrambled eggs get stuck with breakfast exclusivity? You can put bacon on a sandwich without anyone freaking out. But the moment your sandwich has an egg, boom, it's a breakfast sandwich."

The internet is necessarily public. It can be filtered-public or censored-public, but it necessarily has to be open and available.