I'll just go over to the Duke's," I said. "Her parents already told me I could stay there. I'll go over there… — John Green Copy Share Image
What can we do?" Mom asked again. I shrugged. But she kept asking, as if there were something she could do, until… — John Green Copy Share Image
I hated cranberry sauce, but for some reason my mom persisted in her lifelong belief that it was my very favorite food,… — John Green Copy Share Image
Hazel has to realize that her mom was wrong when she said, “I won’t be a mother anymore.” The truth is, after… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Me: “I refuse to attend Support Group.” Mom: “One of the symptoms of depression is disinterest in activities.” Me: “Please just let… — John Green Copy Share Image
And I will forget her, yes. That which came together will fall apart slowly, but she will forgive my forgetting, just as… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Right, except I'm not going to lie to my mom, because what kind of bastard lies to his own mother?” — John Green Copy Share Image
We were sitting there on the couch together, and he pushed himself up to go but then fell back down onto the… — John Green Copy Share Image
Right, except I'm not going to lie to my mom, because what kind of (man) lies to his own mother? — John Green Copy Share Image
Me: "If you want me to be a teenager, don't send me to Support Group. Buy me a fake ID so I… — John Green Copy Share Image
It must be some book," she said as she knelt down next to the bed..."Did that boy give it to you?" She… — John Green Copy Share Image
You’re joining us for dinner, I hope?” asked his mom. She was small and brunette and vaguely mousy. “I guess?” I said.… — John Green Copy Share Image
Mom sobbed something into Dad's chest that I wish I hadn't heard, and that I hope she never finds out that I… — John Green Copy Share Image
These are all direct quotes, except every time they use a curse word, I'm going to use the name of a famous… — John Green Copy Share Image
She's cute, I thought, but you don't need to like a girl who treats you like you're ten: You've already got a… — John Green Copy Share Image
Of course, sweetie," his mom said. "We'll be here all day. You just come down whenever you want and we love you… — John Green Copy Share Image
I call my mom from the car. I tell her that Neutral Milk Hotel is playing at the Hideout and she says,… — John Green Copy Share Image
If I could just stay alive for a week, I’d know the unwritten secrets of Anna’s mom and the Dutch Tulip Guy. — John Green Copy Share Image
Don't make fun of her," the Duke said. "She needs gentle encouragement. Carla, baby, we love you. You are such a good… — John Green Copy Share Image
Tobin," Mom said disapprovingly. She wasn't a particularly funny person. It suited her professionally - I mean, you don't want your cancer… — John Green Copy Share Image
“I reread An Imperial Affliction until Mom woke up and rolled over toward me around six. She nuzzled her head against my… — John Green Copy Share Image
Issac:"I dislike living in a world without Augustus Waters." Computer: "I don't understand-" Issac: "Me neither. Pause — John Green Copy Share Image
She smiled with all the delight of a kid on Christmas morning and said, "Y'all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die." -… — John Green Copy Share Image
Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Traffic's not too bad on Sheridan, and I'm cornering the car like it's the Indy 500, and we're listening to my favorite NMH song,… — John Green Copy Share Image
So I was ugly. I was never fat, really, and I never wore headgear or had zits or anything. But I was ugly. I… — John Green Copy Share Image
“said to him quietly, as if I couldn’t hear or something. Dad was about to respond but I interrupted.” — John Green Copy Share Image
I believe humans have souls, and I believe in the conservation of souls. — John Green Copy Share Image