You scare me, Ryan Daley. Even more than those demons outside that scream for my death. How is it that I want what you want? I’ve spent an eternity feeling powerless. Love did that to me – robbed me of all control. I never expected to feel this way again. I don’t want to feel.’‘ Neither did I, ’ Ryan rasps, ‘because feeling anything at all was dangerous. If I let myself feel, then maybe I’d have to believe what everyone was saying – that Lauren was dead. But from the moment I laid eyes on “Carmen, you kept getting under my skin. At first, all you did was irritate the hell out of me, bailing me up that way outside my house, inviting yourself along for the ride when all I wanted was to be left alone. But that irritation turned into curiosity, which turned into something else, becoming this chain of, of … feeling that brought me here. I dropped everything for you. I veered left. And I’d do it again in a second. That’s what “feeling” does. It tells you you’re alive, it gives things … I don’t know, proper meaning. You’re still trying to maintain some veneer of independence? Toughness? Do words like that even apply to you? But I see through it, Mercy. I see through you. You’re not that different from me after all, under your armour. Crumbs, Mercy, that’s all I’m after. Just crumbs. It’s not a lot to ask for. Rebecca Lim
About This Quote

In this quote from the book "The Fault in Our Stars," John Green explains the meaning of "feeling" and the significance of feeling things. People who are close to one another know what it means to be together without having to say a word. In fact, if people don’t share any words with one another, they may not even realize how much they have in common. If you feel something, you have a bond with that person, or at least a connection. It’s a bond that you can’t explain using words, but you can feel it.

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