[I]t occurred to me that the voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again.

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.

If the dark side wants you, it will come to you regardless of what you try to do to avoid it

You cannot be this successful without having God on your side.

I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very ambitious to learn a skill.

Engineers at General Motors have developed a revolutionary new engine whose only function is to lubricate itself.

I think the administration can do a lot of good by telling folks that are on their side of the aisle, look, we may have lost the election on the Democrat side, but it's time to come together.

But druggies don't keep their looks any longer than they keep their promises.

Let your one delight and refreshment be to pass from one service to the community to another, with God ever in mind.

Enemies are an indication of character.

When I listen to gospel singers pouring their heart out to God, it's the act of pouring their hearts out that interests me.