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They belong to their readers now, which is a great thing–because the books are more powerful in the hands of my readers than they could ever be in my hands.
John Green
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John Green
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: August 24
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I'm a grenade and at some point I'm going to blow up and I would like to minimize the casualties, okay?
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I just want you to be happy. If that’s with me or with someone else or with nobody. I just want you to be happy.
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Oh, God, Alaska, I love you. I love you,' and the Colonel whispered, 'I'm so sorry, Pudge. I know you did,' and I said, 'No. Not past tense.
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The idea is that for ten minutes, we forget that we have feelings. And we forget about protecting ourselves or other people and we just say the truth. For ten minutes. And then we can go back to being lame.
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Augustus Waters died eight days after his prefuneral, at Memorial, in the ICU, when the cancer, which was made of him, finally stopped his heart, which was also made of him.
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This was what I liked most about my friends: just sitting around & telling stories.
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I figured something out. The future is unpredictable.
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And how are you feeling? asked Patrick.Oh, I'm grand. Augustus Waters smiled with a corner of his mouth. I'm on a roller coaster that only goes up, my friend.
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I found his last words without too much searching. Captured by the Bolivian army, Guevara said, 'Shoot, coward. You are only going to kill a man.
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You used, he said, and then took a sharp breath, to call me Augustus.
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I want to see you again tonight. But I'm willing to wait all night and much of tomorrow.
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Augustus, perhaps you’d like to share your fears with the group.” “My fears?” “Yes.” “I fear oblivion,” he said without a moment’s pause. “I fear it like the proverbial blind man who’s afraid of the dark.” “Too soon,” Isaac said, cracking a smile. “Was that insensitive?” Augustus asked. “I can be pretty blind to other people’s feelings.
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A small olive-skinned creature who had hit puberty but never hit it very hard, Ben had been my best friend since fifth grade, when we both finally owned up to the fact that neither of us was likely to attract anyone else as a best friend.
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Do you ever wonder whether people would like you more or less if they could see inside you? But I always wonder about that. If people could see me the way I see myself—if they could live in my memories—would anyone, anyone, love me?
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The darkest nights produce the brightest stars.
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Osteosarcoma sometimes takes a limb to check you out. The, if it like you, it takes the rest.
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I don't see any point in nihilism... just as I suppose the nihilist sees no point in everything else.
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