"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."
"Depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying."
"Congratulations! You're a woman. Now die."
"The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention."
"I'm on a roller coaster that only goes up, my friend."
"My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations."
"That's the thing about pain...it demands to be felt."
"The marks humans leave are too often scars."
"Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you."
"Without pain, how could we know joy?"
"And in freedom, most people find sin."
"I'm a grenade and at some point I'm going to blow up and I would like to minimize the casualties, okay?"
"Maybe 'Okay' will be our 'Always'"