We are as indestructible as we believe ourselves to be. 
 Every time I read a John Green's book I wish I knew about him and his books when I was still a teen. He understands teenagers, with all their fears and passions, better than any writer I have ever read, so I can only imagine how much I would have loved his books back then. Now, in my twenties I'm quite past that point in my life so when I started Looking for Alaska I was wondering if I would be able to connect with the characters. 
 Well as it turned out I shouldn't have worried because although this book is not so poetically written as TFIOS, Green's writing is still great. It brought back memories of my time in high school, of the classmates I grew up with, of the joy and pain experienced when falling in love for the first time.But Looking for Alaska isn't only a book about and for teenagers; Even later, when these days belong to the past, you still have to cope with the hardships of living and loving and losing. And aren't we all trying to find a way out of the labyrinth of suffering, just like Alaska and her friends? 
 Looking for Alaska is funny and heartbreaking, but above all -like all of Green's books- in the end it reminds you that although life can be pretty hard you can always find a way to make it better. 
 We need never to be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken. We think that we are invincible because we are. Like all energy, we can only change shape and size and manifestations. They forget that when they get old. They get scared of losing and failing. But that part of us greater than the sum of our parts cannot begin and cannot end, and so it cannot fail.