“There are infinite numbers between 0 and 1. There's .1 and .12 and .112 and an infinite collection of others. Of course, there is a bigger infinite set of numbers between 0 and 2, or between 0 and a million. Some infinities are bigger than other infinities. A writer we used to like taught us that. There are days, many of them, when I resent the size of my unbounded set. I want more numbers than I'm likely to get, and God, I want more numbers for Augustus Waters than he got. But, Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn't trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful.”
This is my favorite quote from the current book I am reading. I think it is a crazy thing to think a about, and an excellent way to express Gus and Hazel's time together. In order for you to understand, I will give you some background information.
Hazel and Gus are two teenagers who fell in love. They both have cancer. Gus was supposed to be cured, but the measures the doctors took to prevent it from coming back failed. Hazel was saved by a miracle medicine. The words above are Hazel's eulogy.
Also, the italicized part is when Hazel is talking about Peter Van Houton. He wrote An Imperial Affliction. This was Hazel's favorite book, and she shared it with Gus. She loved it so much, that Gus used his wish (all cancer kids got a wish were they could go anywhere they wanted or do anything they wanted for free.) to go visit him. I don't want to ruin any more of the book than I already did, so go read the book! It is a sad story, but an excellent one.
That is such a good quote! I love this book and cant wait for it to come out as a movie!!
ReplyDeleteI really like the quote you chose for this post because it really is something crazy to think about. and i think the quote, "i can not tell you how thankful i am for our little infinity", really ties in good with talking about the infinite numbers between 0 and 1. this seems like a very interesting book!
ReplyDeleteI've read this book and this is also one of my favorite quotes in any book I've ever read. It's so crazy to think about. I love that she used it in her eulogy, because it shows that even though they just spent a little time together, it was an infinity to her.
ReplyDeleteThe quote you chose totally sums up there relationship with eachother. I love how you gave a wuick little summary without giving too much of the book away.
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