You see how fake it all is. It's not even hard enough to be made out of plastic. It's a paper town. I mean look at it, Q. [...] All those paper people living in their paper houses, burning the future to be warm.
→ Still set in the conference room of the empty building at night, Margot is taking to Quentin and responds to him while they admire the view of the city.
→ The mandatory quote, seeing as it mirrors the title of the book. This metaphor of paper reflects Margo thinking about people as fickle and shallow and not real. It's all made up of paper instead of real people and things and thus can be destroyed pretty quickly.
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Paper Towns
PoetryI created a book of the quotes I loved most, highlighted and appreciated most rereading. If you enjoyed this kind of book, head over to my most recent work "Looking for Alaska" in which I collected my favorite quotes from John Green's bestseller. Al...
