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Nothing really ever happens like you imagine it will.
John Green
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John Green
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: August 24
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The book was turned to the page with Anne Frank's name, but what got me about it was the fact that right beneath her name there were four Aron Franks. FOUR. Four Aron Franks without museums, without historical markers, without anyone to mourn them. I silently resolved to remember and pray for the four Aron Franks as long as I was around.
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That smile could end wars and cure cancer.
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I felt the unfairness of it, the inarguable injustice of loving someone who might have loved you back but can't due to deadness.
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I opened the door. He looked down at my shirt and smiled. Funny, he said. Don't call my boobs funny, I answered.
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Congratulations! You're a woman. Now die.
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But there are a thousand ways to look at it: maybe the strings break, or maybe our ship s sink, or maybe we're grass--our roots so interdependent that no one is dead as long as someone is still alive. We don't suffer from a shortage of metaphors, is what I mean. But you have to be careful which metaphor you choose, because it matters.
John Green
The truth is that in our lives we are all going to encounter questions that should be answered, that deserve to be answered, and yet prove unanswerable.
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We imagine people as animals or gods. -But she was just a person, a girl.
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If you don’t know about Tumblr then you are not supposed to know about Tumblr. It’s like fight club.
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Easy comfort isn't comforting
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At least for tonight. In sickness and in health. In good times and in bad. For richer, for poorer. 'Till dawn do us part.
John Green
Ben Starling, you better not have bought your token black friend a racist shirt
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Tonight, darling, we are going to right a lot of wrongs.
John Green
And he was feeling not-unique in the very best possible way.
John Green
but even if we survive the collapse of our sun, we will not survive forever.
John Green
I think people who are religious are more likely to want one around, but it's a very secular position.
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The punch connected, but (1) Colin forgot to close his fist, so he was slapping not hitting, and (2) instead of slapping TOC, he ended up slapping Hassan flush across the cheek, whereupon Hassan finally succeeded in falling down.
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By the power of the superglue beer sword, I designate you my driver!
John Green
Everybody was so kind. Strong, too. In the darkest days, the Lord puts the best people into your life. Quick, give me a throw pillow and some thread because that needs to be an Encouragement.
John Green
The pleasure isn't in doing the thing, the pleasure is in planning it.
John Green
