Identity Quotes in Paper Towns

How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #1

These stories, when they were shared, inevitably ended with, I mean, can you believe it? We often could not, but they always proved true. (1.1.22)

Margo Roth Spiegelman is a wild mystery to people at her high school, telling them that she once ran away with the circus, or learned to play guitar in Mississippi. What we want to know is how they proved these wild stories were true.

Quote #2

I liked being bored. (1.1.89)

Quentin is fine with the status quo—studying for school, taking exams, focusing on college. He says it's "being bored," but if he likes doing these things, is he really "bored"?

Quote #3

"I'm a big believer in random capitalization. The rules of capitalization are so unfair to words in the middle." (1.3.7)

Margo Roth Spiegelman's random Capitalization is One of the Many Affections she Has, and it says a lot about her identity: She wants to be different, but she's not going to actually rearrange the sentence in order to change.