A small olive-skinned creature who had hit puberty but never hit it very hard, Ben had been my best friend since fifth grade, when we both finally owned up to the fact that neither of us was likely to attract anyone else as a best friend.

What's your name ? Hazel . No , your full name . Um , Hazel Grace Lancaster .

By the way, I've decided to start referring to myself exclusively as 'Daddy.' Everytime Daddy would otherwise say 'I' or 'Me,' Daddy is now going to say 'Daddy.

Ben's tongue is like sunscreen...It's good for your health and should be applied liberally.

I expertly angled my raison bran to accomodate the g-forces.

It's hard to get movie studios to pay a lot of money for movies that don't have robots or explosions.

Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.