#august

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 you're beautiful. I enjoy looking at beautiful people, and I decided a while ago not to deny myself the simpler pleasures of existence. ↗

— John Green

#hazel-grace #beauty

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

— John Green

#green #hero #heroism #john #waters

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#anger

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

#funny #hazel-grace-lancaster #funny

I even tried to tell myself to live my best life today. ↗

— John Green

#augustus #gus #hazel #hazel-grace #the-fault-in-our-stars

You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices. I hope she like hers. ↗

— John Green

#hazel-grace-lancaster #love #love

Really great things, when discussed by little men, can usually make such men grow big. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#great-things #men

Maybe 'okay' will be our 'always ↗

— John Green

#hazel-grace #grace

Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#christianity #god #heart #jesus #st-augustine

Tell me my copy is missing the last twenty pages or something. Hazel Grace, tell me I have not reached the end of this book. OH MY GOD DO THEY GET MARRIED OR NOT OH MY GOD WHAT IS THIS?! ↗

— John Green

#augustus-waters #gus #the-fault-in-our-stars #grace