But, in fact, depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying. - Hazel Grace Lancaster

Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.

I liked that he was a tenured professor in the Department of Slightly Crooked Smiles with a dual appointments in the Department of Having a Voice that Made My Skin Feel More Like Skin.

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

I'll fight it. I'll fight it for you. Don't you worry about me, Hazel Grace. I'm okay. I'll find a way to hang around and annoy you for a long time.

As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.

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

No matter how hard you kick, no matter how high you get, you can't go all the way around.

It's not life or death, the labyrinth. Suffering. Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you.

That's the thing about pain, it demands to be felt.

You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.

We attract what we are prepared to receive.

You can’t change your past, but you can begin your journey by understanding it.

Time doesn’t heal anything. It’s like drinking. The best it can do is help you forget, if you’re lucky.

With the Lord behind us they're ain't nothing we can't do.

The criminal is quite frequently not equal to his deed: he belittles and slanders it.

In solitude, be a multitude to thyself.

It's just what people do when they're getting old, when they're sick of themselves and their life; they think of money and take care of themselves.

The depth of your mythology is the extent of your effectiveness.

Nothing cuts deeper than when another person says exactly what you're afraid to say out loud.

A slice of hot, buttered toast is the perfect meal. It's not too much and not too little, and it gives you just the right buzz.