You do not immortalize the lost by writing about them. Language buries, but does not resurrect.
JOHN GREENYou do not immortalize the lost by writing about them. Language buries, but does not resurrect.
JOHN GREENHe liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.
JOHN GREENWriting 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
JOHN GREENThere’s some people in this world who you can just love and love and love no matter what.
JOHN GREENIt would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.
JOHN GREENPoetry is just so emo.” he said. “Oh, the pain. The pain. It always rains. In my soul.
JOHN GREENDepression is a side effect of dying.
JOHN GREENI’m not saying that everything is survivable. Just that everything except the last thing is.
JOHN GREENDon’t make stuff because you want to make money – it will never make you enough money.
JOHN GREENThat’s part of what I like about the book in some ways. It portrays death truthfully. You die in the middle of your life, in the middle of a sentence.
JOHN GREENThe marks humans leave are too often scars.
JOHN GREENYou gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful.
JOHN GREENYou are helpful, and you are loved, and you are forgiven, and you are not alone.
JOHN GREENWithout pain, how could we know joy?
JOHN GREENGod knows that’s what everyone else does.
JOHN GREENWhat a slut time is. She screws everybody.
JOHN GREEN