“Nurse asked me about the pain, and I couldn't even speak, so I held up nine fingers.
Later, after they had given me something, the nurse came in, and she was kind of stroking my head while she took my blood pressure and said, "You know how I know you're a fighter? You called a ten a nine."
But that wasn't quite right. I called it a nine because I was saving my ten. And here it was, the great and terrible ten, slamming me again and again as I lay still and alone in my bed staring at the ceiling, the waves tossing me against the rocks then pulling me back out to sea so they could launch me again into the jagged face of the cliff, leaving me floating face up on the water, undrowned.” This is my favorite quote of the book and probably one of my favorite quotes of all time. It was not until he said this that I understood it. I understood this pain, I felt this pain, and I was with her there experiencing that pain. Many people use symbols to get the reader to connect with the piece, but John Green just uses sheer words to connect us. We walked with hazel through everything and this made me weep for her. Not only weep for her, but for every man, women, and child that has lost someone. That pain, that terrible ten pains I cannot even comprehend it. I thought about families who have lost loved ones and I cried for them and I cried for everyone and my heart hurt. It honestly took me about 2 weeks to get over this book. I do not think I will ever fully recover.
Later, after they had given me something, the nurse came in, and she was kind of stroking my head while she took my blood pressure and said, "You know how I know you're a fighter? You called a ten a nine."
But that wasn't quite right. I called it a nine because I was saving my ten. And here it was, the great and terrible ten, slamming me again and again as I lay still and alone in my bed staring at the ceiling, the waves tossing me against the rocks then pulling me back out to sea so they could launch me again into the jagged face of the cliff, leaving me floating face up on the water, undrowned.”
This is my favorite quote of the book and probably one of my favorite quotes of all time. It was not until he said this that I understood it. I understood this pain, I felt this pain, and I was with her there experiencing that pain. Many people use symbols to get the reader to connect with the piece, but John Green just uses sheer words to connect us. We walked with hazel through everything and this made me weep for her. Not only weep for her, but for every man, women, and child that has lost someone. That pain, that terrible ten pains I cannot even comprehend it. I thought about families who have lost loved ones and I cried for them and I cried for everyone and my heart hurt. It honestly took me about 2 weeks to get over this book. I do not think I will ever fully recover.