Exploration Quotes in Paper Towns

How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #7

I seemed to be the first person to walk on these unnamed dirt streets in years. (2.10.39)

By following the trail that he thinks Margo has laid for him, Quentin explores places that no one would ever make a tourist destination, like abandoned subdivisions, a.k.a. pseudovisions, in Florida.

Quote #8

In becoming comfortable, I found it easier to explore. (2.12.18)

Quentin has a lot of anxiety, but the more he explores, the less anxious he feels, and the less anxious he feels, the more he explores. It's cyclical.

Quote #9

The book was called Roadside America: Your Travel Guide. […] Someone had folded down the corners of several seemingly random pages. (2.12.40)

We guess Margo doesn't get Wi-Fi at the abandoned strip mall, so she can't plan out her route online; she has to use a decades-old travel guide. (It turns out this is a red herring, so we don't get to ride along the World's Largest Ball of Twine.)