—After I finished, there was quite a long period of silence as I watched a smile spread all the way across Augustus's face—not the little crooked smile of the boy trying to be sexy while he stared at me, but his real smile, too big for his face. "Goddamn, " Augustus said quietly. "Aren't you something else."
—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.
—"We are literally in the heart of Jesus, " he said. "I thought we were in a church basement, but we are literally in the heart of Jesus".
—You don't even know me, " I said. I grabbed the book from the center console. "How about I call you when I finish this? "
" But you don't even have my phone number, " he said.
" I strongly suspect you wrote it in this book. "
He broke out into that goofy smile. "And you say we don't know each other.”
*the conversation on the phone between Augustus and Hazel*
— “Hazel GRACE!” he shouted. “You did not use your one dying Wish to go to Disney World with your parents.”
“Also Epcot Center, ” I mumbled.
“Oh, my God, ” Augustus said. “I can’t believe I have a crush on a girl with such cliché wishes.”
"I was thirteen", I said again, although of course I was only thinking crush crush crush…
…
"Okay", I said.
"Okay", he answered. I could hear his crooked smile.