You do not immortalize the lost by writing about them. Language buries, but does not resurrect.
JOHN GREENDepression is a side effect of dying.
More John Green Quotes
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There is no shortage of fault to be found amid our stars.
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If you don’t imagine, nothing ever happens at all.
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As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.
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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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Your responsibility is not to the people you’re making the gift for, but the gift itself.
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I didn’t need you, you idiot. I picked you. And then you picked me back.
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Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.
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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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Our fearlessness shall be our secret weapon.
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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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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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We just did an awesome job of not dying.
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Standing in line is a form of oppression.
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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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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.
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