Paper Towns is peppered with various life lessons. The main overarching theme of the book is that people are rich and complex and have sides to them that the average person may not see. It's disingenuous to assume that you know everything about a person when you aren't close to them. Quentin believes that Margo is a miracle who will make his life interesting and save him from mediocrity, but Margo is a girl with her own troubles who barely even knows herself. Quentin learns that he needs to treat people as complex human beings rather than concepts, and that he needs to rely on himself to make his life interesting rather than relying on other people.
The importance of friendship is also stressed throughout the book. Quentin's friends support him. A third of the book is about the adventures he and his friends have on a road trip together. The book stresses living for yourself and living in the moment above living for the expectations of other people.
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