You do not immortalize the lost by writing about them. Language buries, but does not resurrect.
JOHN GREENThe future is a kind of nostalgia.
More John Green Quotes
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Writing is something you do alone. It’s a profession for introverts who wanna tell you a story but don’t wanna make eye contact while telling it
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Whatever you’re worried about, you’re bigger than the worries.
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It is so hard to leave, until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.
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Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.
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You don’t remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened.
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There is no glory in illness. There is no meaning to it. There is no honor in dying of.
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If you don’t imagine, nothing ever happens at all.
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What you must understand about me is that I’m a deeply unhappy person.
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I didn’t need you, you idiot. I picked you. And then you picked me back.
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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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Life works best when we think of people as people.
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There is no shortage of fault to be found amid our stars.
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I’m not saying that everything is survivable. Just that everything except the last thing is.
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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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Without pain, how could we know joy?
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