Teenagers have more intense reading experiences because they've had fewer of them. It's like the first time you fall in love. You have a connection to that first person you fell in love with because it was so intense and unprecedented.
John GreenHazel GRACE!โ he shouted. โYou did not use your one dying Wish to go to Disney World with your parents.โ โAlso Epcot Center,โ I mumbled. โOh, my God,โ Augustus said. โI canโt believe I have a crush on a girl with such clichรฉ wishes.
John GreenBooks are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and theyโll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.
John GreenYou matter as much as the things that matter to you. And I got so backwards trying to matter to him. All this time, there were real things to care about: real, good people who care about me, and this place. It's so easy to get stuck. You just get caught in being something, being special or cool or whatever, to the point where you don't even know why you need it; you just think you do.
John Green