Dedication & Epigraph - The Fault in Our Stars
By John Green
TO ESTHER EARL
As the tide washed in, the Dutch Tulip Man faced the ocean: “Conjoiner rejoinder poisoner concealer revelator. Look at it, rising up and rising down, taking everything with it.”
“What’s that?” Anna asked.
“Water,” the Dutchman said. “Well, and time.”
–PETER VAN HOUTEN, An Imperial Affliction