The world is not a wish-granting factory.
JOHN GREENThe human tongue is like wasabi: it’s very powerful, and should be used sparingly.
More John Green Quotes
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We just did an awesome job of not dying.
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The urge to make art or contemplate philosophy does not go away when you are sick. Those urges just become transfigured by illness.
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I don’t know a perfect person. I only know flawed people who are still worth loving.
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We’re all just facilitators. The real business is done by readers.
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Depression is a side effect of dying.
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Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.
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Grief does not change you, It reveals you.
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You are helpful, and you are loved, and you are forgiven, and you are not alone.
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Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we’re quoting.
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Whatever you’re worried about, you’re bigger than the worries.
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You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful.
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Maybe there is something you’re afraid to say, or someone you’re afraid to love, or somewhere you’re afraid to go. It’s gonna hurt. It’s gonna hurt because it matters.
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When things break, it’s not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again.
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If you don’t imagine, nothing ever happens at all.
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Every year, many, many stupid people graduate from college. And if they can do it, so can you.
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