The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars, published in January 2012, is the sixth novel by author John Green. The title is inspired by Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar", in which the nobleman Cassius says to Brutus: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings." The story is narrated by Hazel Grace Lancaster, a 16-year-old girl with thyroid cancer that has affected her lungs. Hazel is forced by her parents to attend a support group where she subsequently meets and falls in love with
All that glitters is not gold All that glitters is not gold "All that glitters is not gold" is a well-known saying, meaning that not everything that looks precious or true turns out to be so. This can be applied to just about any experience in life. While early expressions of the idea are known from at least the 12th century, the current saying is derived from a 16th-century line by William Shakespeare. The expression, in various forms, originated in or before the 12th century and may date back to Æsop. The Latin is "Non omne quod nitet aurum est." The French monk Alain de Lille