He takes her to his house where she start to talk about her interests.
Hazel meets Augustus at a local support group for those who are battling cancer.
"No, no, no, not your cancer story, your real story. Your interests, hobbies, passions, weird fetishes.. The first thing that pops in your head."
"Oblivion."
"An Imperial Affliction. It's a novel. It's my favorite novel."
He meets up with her outside of the church and invites her to hang with him.
Augustus reads the novel to surprise Hazel; whatever is important to her, is important to him.
"That's the thing about pain. It demands to be felt."
"You just ruined this whole thing! You were doing really well, too."
"You're quoting my book..."
Augustus emails the author of An Imperial Affliction since he knowsHazel could never reach him.
Hazel wakes up the morning after to a certain email from a certain somebody..
"Augustus!?"
No, no, no, not your cancer story, your real story. Your interests, hobbies, passions, weird fetishes.. The first thing that pops in your head.
"Dear Mr. Waters... I am writing to thank you for your electronic correspondence..."
An Imperial Affliction. It's a novel. It's my favorite novel.
"Holy s-!"
Hazel was inspired by this effort to email Van Houten once again.
A few days later, Gus takes Hazel out on a date, where he invites her to go meet Van Houten with him in Amsterdam.
*TYPING*
"But I too have an interest in meeting Peter Van Houten and it wouldn't make much sense to meet him without the girl who introduced me to his book, now would it?"
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