The human tongue is like wasabi: it’s very powerful, and should be used sparingly.
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The human tongue is like wasabi: it’s very powerful, and should be used sparingly.
JOHN GREENWhat’s the meaning of life? Other people.
JOHN GREENDon’t make stuff because you want to make money – it will never make you enough money.
JOHN GREENIf you don’t imagine, nothing ever happens at all.
JOHN GREENThe pleasure of remembering had been taken from me, because there was no longer anyone to remember with.
JOHN GREENGrief does not change you, It reveals you.
JOHN GREENThe nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing something that you’re unqualified to do, and then you become qualified while doing it.
JOHN GREENMaybe 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.
JOHN GREENI didn’t need you, you idiot. I picked you. And then you picked me back.
JOHN GREENLove is keeping the promise anyway.
JOHN GREENI figured something out. The future is unpredictable.
JOHN GREENIt always shocked me when I realized that I wasn’t the only person in the world who thought and felt such strange and awful things.
JOHN GREENYou cannot invent an algorithm that is as good at recommending books as a good bookseller.
JOHN GREENWe all use the future to escape the present.
JOHN GREENWhen 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.
JOHN GREENWhatever you’re worried about, you’re bigger than the worries.
JOHN GREEN