This dialogue serves as a wonderful introduction to Margo’s character or at least the character she has created for herself. But before we can radically reshape the world, we need to shop. The first shall be last the last shall be first the meek shall do some earth-inheriting. Tonight, darling, we are going to right a lot of wrongs. The idea is that sometimes trying something new is scary. This quote about fresh starts is an example of this. What Green does so well is writing lines of dialogue that sound natural but are still interesting. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world. Does she? Or does the version of Margo created in Q’s head love mysteries? Are they the same person? What is great about this line is that readers don’t really know if Margo does love mysteries. And in everything that came afterward, I could never stop thinking that maybe she loved mysteries so much that she became one. Despite having propagated an image for herself, Margo finds it irritating when people are attracted to others based solely on their looks. This is a great quote from ‘Paper Towns’to explore the idea of superficial attraction. It’s like picking your breakfast cereals based on color instead of taste. That’s always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people would want to be around someone because they’re pretty. Having discovered that the Margo he had fallen for didn’t really exist and having been “called out” for obsessing over the fictional version of Margo this is a very heartfelt, visceral response from Q. What a treacherous thing it is to believe that a person is more than a person.

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