Quote 43
If I could just stay alive for a week, I'd know the unwritten secrets of Anna's mom and the Dutch Tulip Guy. (8.100)
Hazel thinks about everything in terms of how long she can survive. Is that a pessimistic way to live her life?
Quote 44
Augustus Waters died eight days after his prefuneral, at Memorial, in the ICU, when the cancer, which was made of him, finally stopped his heart, which was also made of him. (21.1)
Hazel and Augustus spent a lot of time contemplating their mortality. But was Hazel prepared for this moment?
Quote 45
My parents came in then, looking expectant, and I just nodded and they fell into each other, feeling, I'm sure, the harmonic terror that would in time come for them directly. (21.3)