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Our lives are composed of a finite set of moments that we choose how to spend.
John Green
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John Green
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: August 24
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Me: If you want me to be a teenager, don't send me to Support Group. Buy me a fake ID so I can go to clubs, drink vodka, and take pot. Mom: You don't take pot, for starters. Me: See, that's the kind of thing I'd know if you got me a fake ID.
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I will play out the string. I will not betray your trust. I will find you.
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I am in the midst of a soliloquy! I wrote this out and memorized it and if you interrupt me I will completely screw it up,' Augustus interrupted. 'Please to be eating your sandwich and listening.
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weltschmerz: its the depression you feel when the world as it is does not line up with the world as you think it should be.
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And in my classes, I will talk most of the time, and you will listen most of the time. Because you may be smart, but I've been smart longer.
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By saying you don’t care if the world falls apart, in some small way you’re saying you want it to stay together, on your own terms.
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