You do not immortalize the lost by writing about them. Language buries, but does not resurrect.
JOHN GREENWe all use the future to escape the present.
More John Green Quotes
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That’s part of what I like about the book in some ways. It portrays death truthfully. You die in the middle of your life, in the middle of a sentence.
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Some people don’t understand the promises they’re making when they make them.
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Grief does not change you, It reveals you.
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I just did some calculations and I’ve been able to determine that you’re full of shit.
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You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful.
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You can love someone so much but you can never love people as much as you can miss them.
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Life works best when we think of people as people.
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She loved mysteries so much that she became one.
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I’m not saying that everything is survivable. Just that everything except the last thing is.
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Standing in line is a form of oppression.
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You do not immortalize the lost by writing about them. Language buries, but does not resurrect.
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I don’t think your missing pieces ever fit inside you again once they go missing.
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Love is keeping the promise anyway.
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The town was paper, but the memories were not.
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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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