We all use the future to escape the present.
JOHN GREENStanding in line is a form of oppression.
More John Green Quotes
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That didn’t happen, of course. Things never happened the way I imagined them.
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There is no shortage of fault to be found amid our stars.
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Much of my life had been devoted to trying not to cry in front of people who loved me.
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You do not immortalize the lost by writing about them. Language buries, but does not resurrect.
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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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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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It is easy to forget how full the world is of people, full to bursting, and each of them imaginable and consistently misimagined.
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I figured something out. The future is unpredictable.
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You like someone who can’t like you back because unrequited love can be survived in a way that once-requited love cannot.
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I ran like a cheetah – well, like a cheetah that smoked too much.
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You are helpful, and you are loved, and you are forgiven, and you are not alone.
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Not that smart. Not that hot. Not that nice. Not that funny. That’s me: I’m not that.
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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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Some people don’t understand the promises they’re making when they make them.
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Our fearlessness shall be our secret weapon.
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