It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right betwee... - 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."
More quotes by John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
"You do not immortalize the lost by writing about them. Language buries, but does not resurrect."
"He specialized in the murder of dreams, Hazel Grace..."
"Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea that made-up stories can matter, which is sort of the foundational assumption of our species."
"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."
"But I believe in true love, you know? I don't believe that everybody gets to keep their eyes or not get sick or whatever, but everybody should have true love, and it should last at least as long as your life does."