What’s the meaning of life? Other people.
JOHN GREENWhat’s the meaning of life? Other people.
JOHN GREENLife works best when we think of people as people.
JOHN GREENEvery year, many, many stupid people graduate from college. And if they can do it, so can you.
JOHN GREENIt’s just that most really good-looking people are stupid, so I exceed expectations.
JOHN GREENShe loved mysteries so much that she became one.
JOHN GREENWhat you must understand about me is that I’m a deeply unhappy person.
JOHN GREENWithout pain, how could we know joy?
JOHN GREENThe world may be broken, but hope is not crazy.
JOHN GREENYou can love someone so much but you can never love people as much as you can miss them.
JOHN GREENI didn’t need you, you idiot. I picked you. And then you picked me back.
JOHN GREENMuch of my life had been devoted to trying not to cry in front of people who loved me.
JOHN GREENWhen 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.
JOHN GREENHe liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.
JOHN GREENCrying is you, plus tears.
JOHN GREENThe past feels distant, even when it’s near. The future feels assured, even when it isn’t.
JOHN GREENMaybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we’re quoting.
JOHN GREEN