The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention. - John Green

I feel like my life is so scattered right now. Like it's all the small pieces of paper and someone's turned on the fan. But, talking to you makes me feel like the fan's been turned off for a little bit. Like things could actually make sense. You completely unscatter me, and I appreciate that so much.

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.

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.