John Green

"you are so busy being you that you have no idea how utterly unprecedented you are."

“College: getting in or not getting in. Trouble: getting in or not getting in. School: getting A’s or getting D’s. Career: having or not having. House: big or small, owning or renting. Money: having or not having. It’s all so boring.”

"Funny thing, talking to ghosts, " he said. "You can't tell if you're making up their answers or if they are really talking to you."

Patrick seemed lost. “Would, uh, would anyone like to speak to that?” I hadn’t been in proper school in three years. My parents were my two best friends. My third best friend was an author who did not know I existed. I was a fairly shy person—not the hand-raising type.

Mom smiled, hugging the bear to her stomach. “Is it still cool to go to the mall?” she asked. “I take quite a lot of pride in not knowing what’s cool, ” I answered.

"You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present."

Тепло наших тел

Сбрось пыльные одеяла апатии, отвращения и иссохшего цинизма. Я хочу эту жизнь во всем ее дурацком, прилипчивом несовершенстве.

— Нора, ты первая. Рассказывай о том, чего ты хочешь. Меня интересует не то, кем, как тебе кажется, ты станешь.

И мы все узнаем, что будет, если сказать "да", когда трупное окоченение кричит "нет".

Гордость и предубеждение

Ради одного человека нельзя менять взгляды на порядочность и добродетель.