Quote by John Green

“By the time the shade had reached the river, Augustus would have mellowed with the evening and be ready for some intelligent conversation, which…

— Larry McMurtry

“Thanks," she says - and suddenly tears well and fall. Augustus understands: not because she's suffered but because he's helping her. When you're a…

— Glen Duncan

Augustus," I said. "Really. You don't have to do this." "Sure I do," he said. "I found my Wish." "God, you're the best," I…

— John Green

“You're a hard person to comfort," Augustus said. "Easy comfort isn't comforting," I said. "You were a rare and fragile flower once. You remember."…

— John Green

“and then I realized there was no one else to call, which was the saddest thing. The only person I really wanted to talk…

— John Green

“...like the emperor striding confidently along without clothes, convinced by them and their inward monitions that their criticism is effecting changes in society.”

— Samuel Pickering

“The only one I'd like to talk about Augustus Waters' death is Augustus Waters.”

— John Green

“it was reserved for Augustus to relinquish the ambitious design of subduing the whole earth, and to introduce a spirit of moderation into the…

— Edward Gibbon

Augustus was sensible that mankind is governed by names; nor was he deceived in his expectation, that the senate and people would submit to…

— Edward Gibbon

“Abraham Maslow, I present to you Augustus Waters, whose existential curiosity dwarfed that of his well-fed, well-loved, healthy brethren.”

— John Green

“And he recalled the ancient adage: Who must do the harsh things? He who can.”

— Trevanian

“In Rome, a woman’s power, however circumspectly exercised, arouses revulsion. Every death in my family circle has been laid at my door.”

— Phyllis T. Smith