"He was holding on for her, for just a little longer, just one more minute. For her. He didn't know why. It just seemed right. Like, if he was going to die, and there was no doubt that he was, the least he could do was go out loving her as much as he possibly could." Augustus' thoughts near the end.

His mom has always made everything better. And now she is finally happy too. Percy's thoughts after Paul and Sally's wedding.

Because sometimes, being brutally, embarrassingly honest is the only way to get anywhere. Especially when "anywhere" involves Leo being on the verge of a panic attack and Percy, the voice of reason. But that's what friends are for.