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The world is not a wish-granting factory.

John Green

He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.
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Act Head Inside Magic Page Reading
Talking to a drunk person was like talking to an extremely happy, severely brain-damaged three-year-old.
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Alcohol Brain Damage Drunk Extreme Happiness
Poetry is just so emo.” he said. “Oh, the pain. The pain. It always rains. In my soul.
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Pain Poetry Rain Soul
What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?
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Alive Inspirational Remarkable Try
Our fearlessness shall be our secret weapon.
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Fear Graduation Secret Weapon
Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood.
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Book Help Understand
The nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing something that you’re unqualified to do, and then you become qualified while doing it.
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Father
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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Help Hurt Universe
We are as indestructible as we believe ourselves to be.
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Believe Destruction Ourselves
You realize that trying to keep your distance from me will not lessen my affection for you. All efforts to save me from you will fail.
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Affection Distance Effort Failure Realize Save Try
What’s the meaning of life? Other people.
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Life People
Much of my life had been devoted to trying not to cry in front of people who loved me.
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Cry Devote Life Love People Try
Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.
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Book Forever Love Reading Wait
Love is keeping the promise anyway.
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Love One Liner Promise
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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Acknowledge Authentic Forgiveness Life Performance Person Shame Yourself
Not that smart. Not that hot. Not that nice. Not that funny. That’s me: I’m not that.
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Attitude Funny Nice Smart

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