Hazel Grace Lancaster Quotes

• I liked Augustus Waters. I really, really really liked him. I liked the way his story ended with someone else. I liked his voice. I liked that he took existentially-fraught free throws.

  John Green

  Hipster, Voice, Water

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.26, Penguin

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• I want more numbers than I’m likely to get, and God, I want more numbers for Augustus Waters than he got. But, Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn’t trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful.

  John Green

  Grateful, Numbers, Water

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.168, Penguin UK

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• It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing.

  John Green

  Real, Giving, Teeth

  John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.230, Penguin

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• 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.

  John Green

  Voice, Skins, Made

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.26, Penguin

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• My love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity, ~ Hazel Lancaster.

  John Green

  Littles, Faults, Infinity

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• You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful.

  John Green

  Life, Stars, Grateful

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.148, Penguin

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• "Nothing," I said. "I’m just…" I couldn’t finish the sentence, didn’t know how to. "I’m just very, very fond of you."

  John Green

  Said, Sentences, Know How

  "The Fault in Our Stars". Book by John Green, January 10, 2012.

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• I nodded. I liked Augustus Waters. I really, really, really liked him. I liked the way his story ended with someone else. I liked his voice. I liked that he took existentially fraught free throws. I liked that he was a tenured professor in the Department of Slightly Crooked Smiles with a dual appointment in the Department of Having a Voice That Made My Skin Feel More Like Skin. And I liked that he had two names. I’ve always liked people with two names, because you get to make up your mind what you call them: Gus or Augustus? Me, I was always just Hazel, univalent Hazel.

  John Green

  Names, Two, Voice

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.26, Penguin

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• Hi, I’m at the Speedway at Eighty-sixth and Ditch, and I need an ambulance. The great love of my life has a malfunctioning G-tube.

  John Green

  Great Love, Love Of My Life, Needs

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.158, Penguin UK

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• The thought of you being removed from the rotation is not funny to me.

  John Green

  Rotation, Thoughts Of You, Hazel Grace

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.167, Penguin

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• As I recall, you promised to CALL when you finished the book, not text.

  John Green

  Book, Recalls, Finished

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.37, Penguin

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• Lonley, Vaguely pedophilic swing set seeks the butts of children.

  John Green

  Children, Swings, Grace

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.75, Penguin

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• the existence of broccoli does not in any way affect the taste of chocolate

  John Green

  Chocolate, Doe, Way

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.35, Penguin

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• Without Pain, How Could We Know Joy?

  John Green

  Pain, Joy, Broccoli

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.28, Penguin

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• depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying.

  John Green

  Cancer, Dying, Sides

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.169, Penguin

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• Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.

  John Green

  Stars, Real, Reading

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.33, Penguin

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• Because you are beautiful. I enjoy looking at beautiful people, and I decided a while ago not to deny myself the simpler pleasures of existence

  John Green

  Romantic, Beautiful, People

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.19, Penguin UK

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• Whenever you read a cancer booklet or website or whatever, they always list depression among the side effects of cancer. But, in fact, depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying.

  John Green

  Life, Depression, Real

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.169, Penguin

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• He flipped himself onto his side and kissed me. "You're so hot," I said, my hand still on his leg. "I'm starting to think you have an amputee fetish," he answered, still kissing me. I laughed. "I have an Augustus Waters fetish," I explained.

  John Green

  Kissing, Thinking, Hands

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• What's your name ? Hazel . No , your full name . Um , Hazel Grace Lancaster .

  John Green

  Names, Grace, Lancaster

  John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.226, Penguin

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• If I could just stay alive for a week, I’d know the unwritten secrets of Anna’s mom and the Dutch Tulip Guy.

  John Green

  Mom, Guy, Secret

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.77, Penguin

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• She didn’t understand why it was happening,” he said. “I had to tell her she would die. Her social worker said I had to tell her. I had to tell her she would die, so I told her she was going to heaven. She asked if I would be there, and I said that I would not, not yet. But eventually, she said, and I promised that yes, of course, very soon. And I told her that in the meantime we had great family up there that would take care of her. And she asked me when I would be there, and I told her soon. Twenty-two years ago.

  John Green

  Years, Two, Heaven

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• When was the last good kiss you had?

  John Green

  Kissing, Lasts, Hazel Grace

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.48, Penguin

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• Idiotically, it occurred to me that my pink underwear didn’t match my purple bra, as if boys even notice such things.

  John Green

  Boys, Purple, Underwear

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.117, Penguin

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