Memorable Quotes from Shailene Woodley
21 quotesQuestioning Meaning in a Difficult Conversation
Van Houten
Have you ever stopped to ask yourself why you care so much about your silly questions?
Hazel Grace Lancaster
Oh go fuck yourself!
[storms out with Augustus]
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Seeking Closure in a Complicated Narrative
Augustus Waters
I cannot stop thinking about this Goddamned book.
[on the phone]
Hazel Grace Lancaster
You're welcome.
Augustus Waters
However, we do need closure, don't you think?
Hazel Grace Lancaster
That is exactly what I was asking Van Houten for in my letters.
Augustus Waters
But he never responded.
Hazel Grace Lancaster
Nope.
Augustus Waters
Dear Mr. Waters. I write to thank you for your electronic correspondence. I am grateful to anyone that sets aside time to read my book.
[inhales theatrically]
Hazel Grace Lancaster
Augustus?
[sits up excitedly]
Augustus Waters
Yes?
Hazel Grace Lancaster
What are you doing?
Augustus Waters
I may have found Van Houten's assistant. E-mailed her.
Hazel Grace Lancaster
Augustus!
Augustus Waters
She may have forwarded that e-mail onto Van Houten. Shall I continue?
Hazel Grace Lancaster
Oh my God, yeah, go go go!
Augustus Waters
I am particularly indebted to you, sir." Hazel Grace, he just called me "sir.
Hazel Grace Lancaster
Augustus, keep reading! Keep reading!
Augustus Waters
... both for your kind words about "An Imperial Affliction" and for taking the time to tell me that the book, and here I quote you directly, meant a great deal to you and your friend Hazel Grace'.
Hazel Grace Lancaster
You did not! No, you did not, you did not, you did not!
[screams excitedly]
Augustus Waters
Of course I did. "To answer your question: No, I have not written anything else, nor will I. I do not feel like continuing to share my thoughts with readers would benefit either them or me. However, thank you for your generous e-mail. Yours most sincerely, Peter Van Houten." So yeah, that just happened.
Hazel Grace Lancaster
Oh my God!
Augustus Waters
I've been trying to tell you, I'm kind of awesome.
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A Moment of Connection and Understanding
Augustus Waters
Your hands are so cold.
Hazel Grace Lancaster
Oh, they're not so much cold as just under-oxygenated.
Augustus Waters
Hazel Grace?
Augustus Waters
I love it when you talk medical to me.
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Disagreement Over Perception of Actions
Hazel Grace Lancaster
Really? That's disgusting!
Augustus Waters
What?
Hazel Grace Lancaster
What? Do you think that is cool? Or something? You just ruined the whole thing
Augustus Waters
The whole thing?
Hazel Grace Lancaster
Yes, this whole thing.
Hazel Grace Lancaster
Even though you have freaking cancer, you are willing to give money to corporation for a chance to acquire even more cancer? Let me just assure you that not being able to breathe? SUCKS. Totally disappointing. Totally.
Augustus Waters
They don't kill you unless you light them. And I've never lit one. It's a metaphor, see: you put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing. A metaphor.
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Minimizing Impact of Personal Struggles
Hazel Grace Lancaster
I'm a grenade and at some point I'm going to blow up and I would like to minimize the casualties, okay?
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The Pain of Losing a Loved One
Hazel Grace Lancaster
The only thing worse than biting it from cancer is having a kid bite it from cancer.
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The Value of Personal Connection
Hazel Grace Lancaster
You know, this obsession you have, with being remembered?
Augustus Waters
Don't get mad.
Hazel Grace Lancaster
I am mad! I'm mad because I think you're special. And isn't that enough? You think that the only way to lead a meaningful life, is for everyone to remember you. For everyone to love you! Guess what, Gus - this is your life! This is all you get! You get me, and you get your family and you get this world, and that's it! And if that's not enough for you, then I'm sorry, but its not nothing. Because I love you. And I'm going to remember you.
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Personal Growth and Responsibility Acknowledged
Alexandra King
I have gotten my act together. I was just drinking.
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A Conversation About Disability and Perception
Hazel Grace Lancaster
Guys, I think we should wait until dark.
[about throwing eggs]
Augustus Waters
It's all dark to Isaac.
Isaac
Dude, I'm not deaf, I'm just blind, so I can hear when you make fun of my disability.
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Anticipation and Humor in Conversation
Augustus Waters
This is it.
Hazel Grace Lancaster
I'm so excited I can barely breath.
Augustus Waters
As opposed to normal?
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The Nature of Love and Connection
Hazel Grace Lancaster
I fell in love with him the way you fall asleep: Slowly, and then all at once.
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Aimee's Defiant Stance on Personal Boundaries
Aimee Finecky
Stay out of my motherfucking business, Krystal!
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Warning Against Negative Influences
Alexandra King
Hey, Scottie! Reina's a hoe-bag and you need to stay away from her! And she's going to be a meth-head and she's gonna get used by stupid guys! She's a twat! Say it!
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The Complexity of Individual Identity
Aimee Finecky
I like to think there's more to a person than just one thing.
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The Complexity of Pity and Understanding
Van Houten
I will not indulge your childish whims. I refuse to pity you in the manner in which you're accustomed.
Hazel Grace Lancaster
Hey I do not want your pity-
[upset]
Van Houten
Of course you do. Like all sick kids, your existence depends on it.
Lidewij
Peter!
[shocked]
Van Houten
You are fated to live out your days the child you were when diagnosed, the child who believes there is a life after a novel ends. And we, as adults, we pity this, so we pay for your treatments, for your oxygen machines...
Lidewij
Peter that's enough.
[angry]
Van Houten
...You are a side effect to an evolutionary process that cares little for individual lives. You are a failed experiment in mutation.
Hazel Grace Lancaster
Listen douchepants! There's nothing that you're gonna tell me about my disease that I don't already know. Okay I came here for one thing and one thing only. That is for you to tell me what happens at the end of this goddamn book!
[standing up angrily]
Van Houten
I can't tell you.
Hazel Grace Lancaster
Bullshit!
Van Houten
I can't-
Hazel Grace Lancaster
Then make something up!
[slapping the glass of scotch out of his hands]
Van Houten
I want you to leave.
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Simplicity and Familiarity in Relationships
Kat Connor
I know Phil's not the smartest crayon in the box.
Mickey
That is the understatement of century.
Kat Connor
That's what I kind of like about him, you know. He's just simple. I know it sounds perverse, but he's kind of like my dad in that way. You scratch the surface, and there's just more surface.
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Funerals: A Reflection on the Living
Hazel Grace Lancaster
Funerals, I've decided, are not for the dead. They are for the living.
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The Tragic Fate of a Human Candle
Detective Scieziesciez
Once there was this... obese man. Some sick fuck had doused him with gasoline and then lit him on fire. And by the time we got to the body, two days later, he was still burning.
Kat Connor
What?
Detective Scieziesciez
Guy had so much body fat he's like a human candle.
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Metaphors and Flight Regulations
Flight Attendant
Sir, you can't smoke on this plane. Or...any plane.
Augustus Waters
I don't smoke.
Hazel Grace Lancaster
It's a metaphor. He puts the killing thing in his mouth but doesn't give it the power to kill him.
Flight Attendant
Well that metaphor is prohibited on today's flight.
[no nonsense]
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Betrayal and Disillusionment in Family Dynamics
Alexandra King
When I was over at Christmas, I caught her with the guy. It made me sick to see her near you. I went back to school thinking that that was it... that I was just done with her. I was gonna call and tell you everything, and... and then the accident happened, and... I was waiting until she woke up, I guess. You didn't even suspect. Right? Right? You disgusted me too. You're always so busy.
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Unexpected Questions About Love
Kat Connor
God! Jesus, you scared me! How long have you been standing there?
Eve Connors
Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you. Well, are you going to answer my question?
Kat Connor
What question?
Eve Connors
That boy next door. Do you love him?
Kat Connor
What are you talking about? It's none of your business.
Eve Connors
I don't love your father. I can't stand him as a matter of fact.
Kat Connor
What the fuck? Why would you say that to me? Go fucking tell it to someone else!
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