He Wanted To Draw Out The Moment

The Colonel Explained To Me That 1. This Was Alaska's Room, And That 2. She Had A Single Room Because The Girl Who Was Supposed To Be Her Roommate Got Kicked Out At The End Of Last Year, And That 3. Alaska Had Cigarettes, Although The Colonel Neglected To Ask Whether 4. I Smoked, Which 5. I Didn't.

I'd Rather Wonder Than Get Answers I Couldn't Live With.

... She Called It A Paper Town. Like, You Know, Everything So Fake And Flimsy.

Everything's Uglier Close Up," She Said. "not You," I Answered.

You Used," He Said, And Then Took A Sharp Breath, "to Call Me Augustus.