“When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.”

“I'm not upset that you lied to me. I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.”

“It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far.”

“Oh, I wouldn't mind, Hazel Grace. It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.”

“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”

“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.”

“Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”

“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me: Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”

“A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”

“There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”

“We're all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness — and call it love, true love.”

“You should date a girl who reads.”

“Hope is the thing with feathers.”

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.”

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”

“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”

“I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.”

“If there's a book you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”

“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.”

“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature.”

“Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.”

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing.”

“Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade, since it consists principally of dealings with men.”

“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.”

“It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.”

“You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.”

“Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could.”

“It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.”

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”

“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”

“The Seven Social Sins are:”

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”

“Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they'll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.”

“You are, and always have been, my dream.”

“Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it.”

“To the people who look at the stars and wish.”

“I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?”

“So this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”

“So I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.”

“Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, 'I'm not going to make it,' but you laugh inside, remembering all the times you've felt that way.”

“Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.”

“We came to see Jace. Is he alright?”

“Things change. Friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.”

“Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.”

“Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.”

“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”