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If people were rain i was drizzle and she was a hurrican.

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When she fucked up all those years ago, just a little girl terrified into paralysis, she fell onto the enigma of herself.

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What?" I asked."Nothing," he said."Why are you looking at me like that?"Augustus half smiled. "Because you're beautiful. I enjoy looking at beautiful ...more

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We all want to do something to mitigate the pain of loss or to turn grief into something positive, to find a silver lining in the clouds. But I believ...more

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In my opinion, actual heroism, like actual love, is a messy, painful, vulnerable business—and I wanted to try to reflect that.

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How wil we ever get out of this labyrinth of suffering?

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He shook his head, just looking at me. - "What?" I asked.- "Nothing" he said.- "Why are you looking at me like that?"Augustus half smiled. "Because yo...more

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The world," he said, "is not a wish-granting factory," and then he broke down, just for one moment, his sob roaring impotent like a clap of thunder un...more

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Do you ever wonder whether people would like you more or less if they could see inside you? I mean, I've always felt like the Katherines dump me right...more

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Tobin," Mom said disapprovingly. She wasn't a particularly funny person. It suited her professionally - I mean, you don't want your cancer surgeon to ...more

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We got off at the next exit, quietly, and, switching drivers, we walked in front of the car. We met and I held him, my hands balled into tight fists a...more

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I leave, and the leaving is so exhilarating I know I can never go back. But then what? Do I just keep leaving places, and leaving them, and leaving th...more

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I called Isaac, who cursed life and the universe and God Himself and who said where are the goddamned trophies to break when you need them, and then I...more

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There is only one things in this world shittier than biting it from cancer when you're sixteen, and that's having a kid who bites it from cancer.

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We don't get to choose if we get hurt in this world, old man, but we do have a say in who hurts us. I know I like my choices. I hope she likes hers.I ...more