I’m on a roller coaster that only goes up, my friend. - John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

"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."

"Headline?"he asked."'Swing Set Needs Home,'"I said."'Desperately Lonely Swing Set Needs Loving Home,'"he said."'Lonely, Vaguely Pedophilic Swing Set Seeks the Butts of Children,'"I said."

"What a slut time is. She screws everybody."

"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."

"You have a choice in this world, I believe, about how to tell sad stories, and we made the funny choice."