…God, it’s over. Takumi, you gotta stop stealing other people’s problems and get some of your own.

Finally, I decided that the proper strategy was to stare back. Boys do not have a monopoly on the Staring Business.

And I wondered if hurdlers ever thought, you know, 'This would go faster if we just got rid of the hurdles.

Ashes to ashes. Garage sale to garage sale,” I said.

You are helpful, and you are loved, and you are forgiven, and you are not alone.

I'll fight it. I'll fight it for you. Don't you worry about me, Hazel Grace. I'm okay. I'll find a way to hang around and annoy you for a long time.

Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts.