When Hazel reads her eulogy for Gus: “Some infinities are bigger than other infinities. When Gus tells Hazel his cancer has returned: “The world is not a wish-granting factory.” (chapter 13, page 214)Ĩ. When Gus tells Hazel he loves her … sigh …: “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.” (chapter 10, page 153)ħ.

When Hazel and Gus taste the stars in Amsterdam: “Do you know what Dom Perignon said after inventing champagne? He called out to his fellow monks, ‘Come quickly: I am tasting the stars.'” (chapter 11, page 163)Ħ. The moment “Okay” officially becomes a thing: “Maybe okay will be our always.” “Okay,” I said.” (chapter 5, page 73)ĥ. When Hazel and Gus chat about “An Imperial Affliction”: “There is this unwritten contract between author and reader and I think not ending your book kind of violates that contract.” (chapter 5, page 67)Ĥ. When Gus explains his cigarette metaphor: “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.” (chapter 1, page 20)ģ. When Patrick asks Gus how he’s feeling: “I’m on a roller coaster that only goes up, my friend.” (chapter 1, page 11)Ģ. Here are ten quotes from the book that found their way to the big screen, along with where you can find them in the book (U.S. While perhaps not all of our favorite quotes from the book made it into the movie, many of them did, as noted by the wild applause in the theater every time a character said a treasured line.

That you can feel pain and somehow find a way to live with it. As Hazel’s favorite book notes, ‘Pain demands to be felt,’ and you will feel pain while watching ‘The Fault In Our Stars.’ I guess that’s not a bad message to offer both kids and grownups. In my review, I wrote: “‘The Fault In Our Stars’ doesn’t shy away from the inevitable harshness of life with cancer and never lets us forget that it’s possible to fall madly, deeply in love, even when that person you love is dying. Especially if they’re adapted from a best-selling book, as is “The Fault in Our Stars.” The words John Green wrote left an indelible mark on every teenager - and most adults - who’ve read them. There’s something about seriously sad movies that just drives a dagger of love and passion into our souls.

The fault in our stars movie lines