#augustus

You used," he said, and then took a sharp breath, "to call me Augustus. ↗

— John Green

#names #perception #the-fault-in-our-stars #perception

My thoughts are stars I can't fathom into constellations. ↗

— John Green

#the-fault-in-our-stars #water

Do you have a Wish?' he asked, referring to this organization, The Genie Foundation, which is in the business of granting sick kids one wish. 'No' I said. 'I used my Wish pre-Miracle.' 'What'd you do?' I sighed loudly. 'I was thirteen,' I said. 'Not Disney,' he said. I said nothing. 'You did not go to Disney World.' I said nothing. '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 had a crush on a girl with such cliché wishes. ↗

— John Green

#disney-world #hazel-grace #the-fault-in-our-stars #business

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. ↗

— John Green

#bittersweet #hazel-grace #love #sad #sweet

I can't go to Amsterdam. One of my doctors thinks it's a bad idea." He was quiet for a second. "God," he said. "I should've just paid for it myself. Should've just taken you straight from the Funky Bones to Amsterdam." "But then I would've had a probably fatal episode of deoxygenation in Amsterdam, and my body would have been shipped home in the cargo hold of an airplane," I said. "Well, yeah," he said. "But before that, my grand romantic gesture would have totally gotten me laid." I laughed pretty hard, hard enought that I felt where the chest tube had been. "You laugh because it's true," he said. I laughed again. "It's true, isn't it!" "Probably not," I said, and then after a moment added, "although you never know. ↗

— John Green

#funny #hazel-grace-lancaster #funny

You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful.”- Hazel, the Fault in Our Stars ↗

— John Green

#forever #hazel #heartfelt #love #love

You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices. I hope she like hers. ↗

— John Green

#hazel-grace-lancaster #love #love

Where is my chance to be somebody's Peter Van Houten?' He hit the steering wheel weakly, the car honking as he cried. He leaned his head back, looking up. 'I hate myself I hate myself I hate this I hate this I disgust myself I hate it I hate it I hate it just let me fucking die. ↗

— John Green

#depressing #peter-van-houten #sad #the-fault-in-our-stars #weakness

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

— John Green

#hazel #heartbreak #privilege #heart

You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you. ↗

— John Green

#the-fault-in-our-stars #the-fault-in-our-stars