Hazel Grace Lancaster

The novel’s narrator and 16-year-old protagonist. An astute and remarkably conscientious girl, Hazel was diagnosed at age thirteen with a terminal form of thyroid cancer that has since spread to her lungs. She keeps most people at a distance, knowing her death will ultimately hurt them, until she falls in love with Augustus.

Hazel Grace Lancaster: Why are you staring at me?
Augustus: Because you're beautiful.

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