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John Green101 quotes“That didn’t happen, of course. Things never happened the way I imagined them.”
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The human tongue is like wasabi: it’s very powerful, and should be used sparingly.
John GreenJohn Green You do not immortalize the lost by writing about them. Language buries, but does not resurrect.
John GreenJohn Green He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.
John GreenJohn Green We just did an awesome job of not dying.
John GreenJohn Green Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we’re quoting.
John GreenJohn Green Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.
John GreenJohn Green I don’t think your missing pieces ever fit inside you again once they go missing.
John GreenJohn Green I’m not saying that everything is survivable. Just that everything except the last thing is.
John GreenJohn Green You do not immortalize the lost by writing about them. Language buries, but does not resurrect.
John GreenJohn Green He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.
John GreenJohn Green We just did an awesome job of not dying.
John GreenJohn Green Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we’re quoting.
John GreenJohn Green Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.
John GreenJohn Green I don’t think your missing pieces ever fit inside you again once they go missing.
John GreenJohn Green I’m not saying that everything is survivable. Just that everything except the last thing is.
John GreenJohn Green It’s just that most really good-looking people are stupid, so I exceed expectations.
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MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
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Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
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I’m restless. Things are calling me away. My hair is being pulled by the stars again.
Anais NinAnais Nin It was my destiny to love and say goodbye.
Pablo NerudaPablo Neruda It’s better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone – so far.
Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together.
Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe We don’t really heal anything; we simply let it go.
Carl JungCarl Jung The ones that love us never really leave us.
Love one another, but make not a bond of love.
Khalil GibranKhalil Gibran If I am really a part of your dream, you’ll come back one day.
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