How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
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 #5
"I don't know what I believe, Hazel. I thought being an adult meant knowing what you believe, but that has not been my experience." (14.34)
No one's got it all figured out. Hazel's dad admits this to her, and maybe it helps to know that even if she did live to adulthood, it wouldn't mean that she'd have more insight than she does now.
Quote #6
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?