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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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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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There were so many of us who would have to live with things done and things left undone that day. Things that did not go right, things that seemed OK ...more

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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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I just want to domething that matters. Or be something that matters. I just want to matter.

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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