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The fundamental mistake I had always made—and that she had, in fairness, always led me to make—was this: Margo was not a miracle. She was not an adventure. She was not a fine and precious thing. She was a girl.

— John Green Paper Towns (2008)

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He'd never been all that good at math, but he was a goddamned world-famous expert in getting dumped.

An Abundance of Katherines (2006)

It is easy to forget how full the world is of people, full to bursting, and each of them imaginable and consistently misimagined.

Paper Towns (2008)

Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they'll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.

An Abundance of Katherines (2006)

He wanted to draw out the moment before the moment—because as good as kissing feels, nothing feels as good as the anticipation of it.

An Abundance of Katherines (2006)

"Is the labyrinth living or dying? Which is he trying to escape—the world or the end of it?"

Looking for Alaska (2005)

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