We all use the future to escape the present.
JOHN GREEN
JOHN GREEN
John Green on escape
“We all use the future to escape the present.”
More John Green quotes
You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful.
John GreenJohn Green The pleasure of remembering had been taken from me, because there was no longer anyone to remember with.
John GreenJohn Green It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.
John GreenJohn Green The town was paper, but the memories were not.
John GreenJohn Green Everything that comes together falls apart.
John GreenJohn Green You like someone who can’t like you back because unrequited love can be survived in a way that once-requited love cannot.
John GreenJohn Green I ran like a cheetah – well, like a cheetah that smoked too much.
John GreenJohn Green You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.
John GreenJohn Green Whatever you’re worried about, you’re bigger than the worries.
John GreenJohn Green Sometimes you lose a battle. But mischief always wins the war.
John GreenJohn Green What’s the meaning of life? Other people.
John GreenJohn Green Not that smart. Not that hot. Not that nice. Not that funny. That’s me: I’m not that.
John GreenJohn Green Books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.
John GreenJohn Green We’re as likely to hurt the universe as we are to help it, and we’re not likely to do either.
John GreenJohn Green What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?
John GreenJohn Green Our lives are composed of a finite set of moments that we choose how to spend.
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