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Books are seldom useful unless they are also beautiful.

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John Green
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: August 24
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It's easy to like someone from a distance. But when she stopped being this amazing unattainable thing or whatever, and started being, like, just a regular girl with a weird relationship with food and frequent crankiness wh's kind of bossy--then I had to basically start liking a while different person.
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I think forever is an incorrect concept.
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The past feels distant, even when it's near. The future feels assured, even when it isn't.
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High School made me realize that the people who say they will never change, are always the ones who change the most.
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“I thought we were in a church basement, but we are literally in the heart of Jesus.” “Someone should tell Jesus,” I said. “I mean, it's gotta be dangerous, storing children with cancer in your heart.” “I would tell Him myself.” Augustus said, “but unfortunately I am literally stuck inside of His heart, so He won't be able to hear me.”
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This was not a place you go to live. It was a place you go to die.- Paper Towns
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