Quote

If we restructure things to see that the hero's journey is a degree in astrophysics rather than a journey to star in a reality show, that's a better world.

John Green

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

John Green
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: August 24
Author
Businessperson
Critic
Editor
Film Producer
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Podcaster
Singer
Indianapolis
Indiana
John Michael Green
World
Journey
Stars
Rather
Restructure
Show
Astrophysics
Shows
Degree
Reality
Star
Better
Degrees
Things
Hero

More quotes by John Green

Image
It's hard to believe in coincidence, but it's even harder to believe in anything else.
John Green
Image
How strange and how lovely it is to be anything at all.
John Green
Image
So dawn goes down today... Nothing gold can stay. -- Robert Frost
John Green
Image
It looked like an old painting, but real - everything achingly idyllic in the morning light - and I thought about how wonderfully strange it would be to live in a place where almost everything had been built by the dead.
John Green
Image
The funny thing about writing is that whether you're doing well or doing it poorly, it looks the exact same. That's actually one of the main ways that writing is different from ballet dancing.
John Green
Image
And yes, again, that was it exactly. A retyper and not a writer. A prodigy and not a genius.
John Green
Image
So I let her go, too. And I'm sorry.
John Green
Image
I'm not from Indianapolis, but I like living in Indianapolis. If I were to explain it, I'd tell someone to imagine a city that perfectly captures the best and the worst of America. Imagine the truly American city, because that's what it is.
John Green
Image
By far the best cure for hangovers is not drinking excessively the night before.This cure has a 100% success rate, and as you save the cost of the drinks you would have otherwise drunk, it is cheaper than free.
John Green
Image
I can almost imagine a happiness without her, the ability to let her go, to feel our roots are connected even if I never see that leaf of grass again.'
John Green
Image
I'm not sure if I'm depressed. I mean, I'm not exactly sad. But I'm not exactly happy either. I can laugh and joke and smile during the day, But sometimes when I'm alone at night I forget how to feel.
John Green
Image
One of the others shouted a translation: The beautiful couple is beautiful.
John Green
Image
I don't know why boys expect us to like boy movies. We don't expect them to like girl movies.
John Green
Image
I'm starting to realize that people lack good mirrors. It's so hard for anyone to show us how we look, & so hard for us to show anyone how we feel.
John Green
Image
I think when you're 16, if you have good parents, they generally just fade in the background. I had great parents, and because they were great, I thought very little about them in high school.
John Green
Image
My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.
John Green
Image
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?
John Green
Image
You completely unscatter me, and I appreciate that too much.
John Green
Image
Also, it was a bit hopeless, he said. A bit defeatist. If by defeatist you mean honest, then I agree. I don't think defeatism is honest, Dad answered. I refuse to accept that.
John Green
Image
You like someone who can't like you back because unrequited love can be survived in a way that once-requited love cannot.
John Green