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I think all true stories are hopeful stories. I don't think there's any room for nihilism.
John Green
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John Green
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: August 24
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Suffering is universal.
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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.
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Headline? he asked. 'Swing Set Needs Home,' I said. 'Desperately Lonely Swing Set Needs Loving Home,' he said. 'Lonely, Vaguely Pedophilic Swing Set Seeks the Butts of Children,' I said.
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Our children are weird. Nicely phrased.
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... I didn't know whether to feel angry at her for making me part of her suicide or just to feel angry at myself for letting her go.
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I love you' really is the gateway drug of breaking up.
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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.
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Your responsibility is not to the people you're making the gift for, but the gift itself.
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So keeping the box closed just keeps you in the dark, not the universe.
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Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them, I said. Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.
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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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Read a lot. Read broadly... Tell stories to your friends, and pay attention to when they get bored... Write a lot.
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I like to build places online where readers can have productive conversations about books.
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I do love you and what else matters but that
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It's embarrassing that we all just walk through life blindly accepting that scrambled eggs are fundamentally associated with mornings.
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At some point we all look up and realize we are lost in a maze.
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A novel is a conversation between a reader and a writer.
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