Quote 49
The whole affair was the precise opposite of what I figured it would be: slow and patient and quiet and neither particularly painful nor particularly ecstatic. (12.219)
Leave it to Hazel to tell the readers what it was like to lose her virginity. Is this landmark event any different for her and Augustus given their situations?
Quote 50
All I wanted was an old-fashioned Teenager Walkout, wherein I stomp out of the room and slam the door to my bedroom and turn up The Hectic Glow and furiously write a eulogy. (20.22)
Any teenager will agree that one of the keys to growing up is suddenly not getting along with your parents. How does Hazel's relationship with her parents differ from a normal teenager-parent relationship?
Quote 51
I wondered if my wall would look like this if I died, or if I'd been out of school and life long enough to escape widespread memorialization. (21.13)
Hazel's obviously grown way faster than lot of her peers, but unfortunately that means that a lot of them have forgotten about her, too.