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John Green
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John Green
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: August 24
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Home is Where the Heart Is, Good Friends Are Hard to Find and Impossible to Forget. True Love is Born from Hard Times.
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You can't just make me different and then leave. You can't. You can't change me and make my whole life centered around you, then leave.
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When you acknowledge that there is nothing repulsive or unforgivable or shameful about yourself, it becomes easier to be that authentic person and feel like you're living a less performed life.
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It is worth it to leave behing my minor life for grander maybes.
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We’re as likely to hurt the universe as we are to help it, and we’re not likely to do either.
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So why don't you go home for vacations?' I asked her. I'm just scared of ghosts, Pudge. And home is full of them.
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Like everyone, I'm saddened and horrified by this. All I'll say is that I'm personally trying to pay more attention to the victims than to their murderer. I certainly will not be mentioning the murderer. I don't think he warrants our attention-particularly since he so clearly wanted it.
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Books are like tweets, except longer.
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I think all true stories are hopeful stories. I don't think there's any room for nihilism.
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So keeping the box closed just keeps you in the dark, not the universe.
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He told me this while ripping through his duffel bag, throwing clothes into drawers with reckless abandon. Chip did not believe in having a sock drawer or a T-shirt drawer. He believed that all drawers were created equal and filled each with whatever fit. My mother would have died.
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The Colonel explained to me that 1. this was Alaska's room, and that 2. she had a single room because the girl who was supposed to be her roommate got kicked out at the end of last year, and that 3. Alaska had cigarettes, although the Colonel neglected to ask whether 4. I smoked, which 5. I didn't.
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Hazel Grace,” he said. “Hi,” I said. “How are you?” “Grand,” he said. “I have been wanting to call you on a nearly minutely basis, but I have been waiting until I could form a coherent thought in re An Imperial Affliction.” (He said “in re.” He really did. That boy.)
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She had the kind of eyes that predisposed you to supporting her every endeavor.
John Green
I think people who are religious are more likely to want one around, but it's a very secular position.
John Green
Becoming a father made me much more interested in the parent character in my novels. I've never found parents that interesting.
John Green
That was part of her, and you used to know it. It's like now you only care about the Alaska you made up.
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You may choose your song, but know this: Tiny. Cooper. Hates. Over. The. Rainbow.
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me: you know what sucks about love? o.w.g.: what? me: that it's so tied to the truth. I know it sucks, but in a way, it's good....Love and truth being tied together, I mean. They make each other possible, you know?
John Green
We're going to get gored to death by a feral fugging hog and your best strategy is to pretend it's a grizzly bear?
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