Adult librarians are like lazy bakers: their patrons want a jelly doughnut, so they give them a jelly doughnut. Childrenโs librarians are ambitious bakers: 'You like the jelly doughnut? Iโll get you a jelly doughnut. But you should try my cruller, too. My cruller is gonna blow your mind, kid.
John GreenThatโs part of what I like about the book in some ways. It portrays death truthfully. You die in the middle of your life, in the middle of a sentence
John GreenThe thing about chameleoning your way through life is that it gets to where nothing is real.
John GreenI hated hurting him. Most of the time, I could forget about it, but the inexorable truth is this: They might be glad to have me around, but I was the alpha and the omega of my parents' suffering.
John Green