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But alas, the world is not a wish-granting factory.

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When she fucked up all those years ago, just a little girl terrified into paralysis, she fell onto the enigma of herself.

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Nerd life is just so much better than regular life.

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For me, at least, fiction is the only way i can even begin to twist my lying memories into something true.

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What?" I asked."Nothing," he said."Why are you looking at me like that?"Augustus half smiled. "Because you're beautiful. I enjoy looking at beautiful ...more

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And the moral of the story is that you don’t remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened.

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If people were rain, I'd be a drizzle and she'd be a hurricane.

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It’s hard as hell to hold on to your dignity when the risen sun is too bright in your losing eyes

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Hazel has to realize that her mom was wrong when she said, “I won’t be a mother anymore.” The truth is, after Hazel dies (assuming she dies), her mom ...more

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He shook his head, just looking at me. - "What?" I asked.- "Nothing" he said.- "Why are you looking at me like that?"Augustus half smiled. "Because yo...more

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Books—they weren't ladders out of the abyss, but they were companions.

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All writing is rewriting.

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This squirrel is inadequately afraid of humans! Squirrel, I am a threat to you! We are enemies! Please get off my bench! Oh, god! Oh, god! Don't touch...more

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Ultimately what I like about reading together is that we all make it happen together. Of course even amid shared experience we’re still alone… each re...more

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You get caught in being something, being cool or special or whatever, to the point where you don’t even know why you need it; you just think you do