You will go to the paper towns and never come back.

For me, the hero’s journey is not the voyage from weakness to strength. The true hero’s journey is the voyage from strength to weakness.

But monotony doesn't make for painlessness.

I don't think you're dying," I said. "I think you've just got a touch of cancer. He smiled. Gallows humor.

moms aren’t the best audience for medication humor.

Suffering is universal. it’s the one thing Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims are all worried about.

You couldn't be more wrong," I said. "You are buying into the cross-stitched sentiments of your parents' throw pillows. You're arguing that the fragile, rare thing is beautiful simply because it is fragile and rare. But that's a lie, and you know it." "You're a hard person to comfort," Augustus said. "Easy comfort isn't comforting," I said.