"I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. Depicting Hazel as a devoted reader also makes the book's reader feel akin to her, an important quality to establish early on in a book for young adult audiences, especially one about a subject that will likely be beyond many readers' capacity for empathy. Based on the rave reviews Green's book has received, The Fault in Our Stars may be one such book that causes love and evangelism. The nature of books themselves is major theme in The Fault in Our Stars, giving the book a meta-fictional sense.
“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.” Hazel (p.33) This internal conflict between love and safety is turned on its head when Augustus becomes sick, and Hazel eventually realizes that it may be better to allow oneself to fall into love, like in this quote, even at the chance (or certainty) of being hurt. Hazel is not completely sold, however, keeping her love secret from Gus and denying him both a kiss in the park and a return "I love you" on the airplane to Amsterdam. Hazel, usually incredibly rational for an adolescent, especially in the case of fending off Augustus's romantic advances, thinks this when Augustus reads to her from her favorite book after placing the post about the swing set. “As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.” Hazel (p.125)
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