Were she better or you sicker, then the stars would not be so terribly crossed, but it is the nature of the stars to cross.

When did we see each other face-to-face? Not until you saw into my cracks and I saw into yours. Before that, we were just looking at ideas of each other, like looking at your window shade but never seeing inside. But once the vessel cracks, the light can get in. The light can get out.

All good American literature is always interested in people who are ambiguously heroic, like Gatsby.

I want more numbers than I’m likely to get, and God, I want more numbers for Augustus Waters than he got. But, Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn’t trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful.

YOU are valuable and rare and worthy of love.

I never liked writing concluding paragraphs to papers - where you repeat what you've already said with phrases like 'In summation', and 'To conclude'.

Not the brightest gem in the jewelry shop, but you've got to admire his single-minded dedication to drug abuse.