How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Dr. Maria shrugged. "It would increase some risks," she acknowledged, but then turned to me and said, "But it's your life." (8.20)
Is it really Hazel's life? How much control does she have over her own existence? Do little choices like this make her feel more in control?
Quote #5
I tried to tell myself that it could be worse, that the world was not a wish-granting factory, that I was living with cancer not dying of it, that I mustn't let it kill me before it kills me (8.41)
Hazel doesn't want to let cancer rule her life. And we have to say, once she meets Augustus, she does a pretty good job of letting go and making things happen.
Quote #6
"If you don't live a life in service of a greater good, you've gotta at least die a death in service of a greater good, you know? And I fear that I won't get either a life or a death that means anything." (11.97)
Augustus feels like he has a responsibility to make something of himself before he dies—for the sake of the universe. That's a lot of pressure.