John Green, Paper Towns

"Getting you a date to prom is so hard that the hypothetical idea itself is actually used to cut diamonds,"I added. Radar tapped a locker twice with his fist to show his approval, and then came back with another. "Ben, getting you a date to prom is so hard that the American government believes the problem cannot be solved with diplomacy, but will instead require force."

"What a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person."

"I'm not saying that everything is survivable. Just that everything except the last thing is."

"Imagine others complexly."

"Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will"

"It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world."

"When did we see each other face-to-face? Not until you saw into my cracks and I saw into yours. Before that, we were just looking at ideas of each other, like looking at your window shade but never seeing inside. But once the vessel cracks, the light can get in. The light can get out."

"Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will"

"Talking to a drunk person was like talking to an extremely happy, severely brain-damaged three-year-old."

"It is easy to forget how full the world is of people, full to bursting, and each of them imaginable and consistently misimagined."

"You know your problem, Quentin? You keep expecting people not to be themselves."

"As far as I can tell, there are two basic (kissing) rules: 1. Don't bite anything without permission. 2. The human tongue is like wasabi: it's very powerful, and should be used sparingly."

"Ben, if you get pee in my brand-new car, I am going to cut your balls off."Still peeing, Ben looks over at me smirking. "You´re gonna need a hell of a big knife, bro."

"Imagine others complexly."

"Life has become the future. Every moment of your life is lived for the future."

"Dude, I don’t want to talk about Lacey’s prom shoes. And I’ll tell you why: I have this thing that makes me really uninterested in prom shoes. It’s called a penis."

"I don't know how I look, but I know how I feel: Young. Goofy. Infinite."

"Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will"

"If you don't imagine, nothing ever happens at all."

"Was it animal pee or human pee? Someone asked.How would I know? What, am I an expert in the study of pee?"