i watched the movie before reading the book (i'm reading it right now) and i genuinely think this movie was the one to get me through a tough times. I am almost exactly like Theodore down to a T but this movie gave me hope to keep going even when i am "asleep". I have some of Theodore's and Violets postits on my wall such as "I FEEL A THOUSAND CAPACITIES SPRING UP IN ME" that we see at the end of the movie and of course "I WAS HERE T.F." because i think that those two quotes were probably my fav