All along – not only since she left, but for a decade before – I had been imagining her without listening, without knowing that she made as a poor a window as I did. And so I could not imagine her as a person who could feel fear, who could feel isolated in a roomful of people, who could be shy about her record collection because it was too personal to share. Someone who might have read travel books to escape having to live in the town that so many people escape to. Someone who – because no one thought she was a person – had no one to really talk to. . John Green
About This Quote

The quote "All along - not only since she left, but for a decade before — I had been imagining her without listening , without knowing that she made as a poor a window as I did. And so I could not imagine her as a person who could feel fear , who could feel isolated in a roomful of people, who could be shy about her record collection because it was too personal to share. Someone who might have read travel books to escape having to live in the town that so many people escape to. Someone who — because no one thought she was a person — had no one to really talk to" is an example of the voice of narrator. The narrator is trying to find out how the protagonist (the girl) feels about her life and what she thinks about herself and others, but he doesn't know how to go about asking these questions because the girl has been very quiet and doesn't show much emotion.

Source: Paper Towns

Some Similar Quotes
  1. The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution. - J.k. Rowling

  2. The truth is rarely pure and never simple. - Oscar Wilde

  3. Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it. - Mark Twain

  4. Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood. - George Orwell

  5. I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun. - Suzanne Collins

More Quotes By John Green
  1. As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.

  2. I'm in love with you, " he said quietly." Augustus, " I said." I am, " he said. He was staring at me, and I could see the corners of his eyes crinkling. "I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of...

  3. Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them, " I said." Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.

  4. NO. No no no. I don't want to screw you. I just love you. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>When did who you want to screw become the whole game? Since when is the person you want to screw the only person you get to love? It's so...

  5. I'll fight it. I'll fight it for you. Don't you worry about me, Hazel Grace. I'm okay. I'll find a way to hang around and annoy you for a long time.

Related Topics