How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"You realize that trying to keep your distance from me will not lesson my affections for you," he said. (8.55)
Augustus is truly a persistent suitor, wearing Hazel down even though she doesn't want to get close to him.
Quote #5
As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once. (8.75)
Even before she admits it to him, Hazel is totally and completely smitten by Augustus Waters. She can't control it, just like other people can't control loving her. Cancer is totally out of the picture at this moment—and it's pretty awesome.
Quote #6
"I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you." (10.128)
That's quite the monologue. If this were a romantic comedy, some bubblegum pop song would be playing in the background as the protagonists kissed under the sunset. But the oblivion they're talking about here is much more imminent than the "we're all going to die someday" feeling we're used to hearing.