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.

Chicago is the Great American City, and it was really great to live there during a time of economic expansion and opportunity and growth. I felt like I was living at the center of the world. Unlike New York, no one expects you to be a professional writer.

People are different when you can smell them and look up close, you know?

Because no one thought she was a person, she had no one to really talk to.

Such is life. We grow up. Planets like Tiny get new moons. Moons like me get new planets.

You get all these friends just when you don’t need friends anymore.

She said 'I love you' as if it were a secret, and an immense one.