The world is not a wish-granting factory.
JOHN GREENSometimes, 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.
More John Green Quotes
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Sometimes you lose a battle. But mischief always wins the war.
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We just did an awesome job of not dying.
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What a slut time is. She screws everybody.
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Grief does not change you, It reveals you.
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God knows that’s what everyone else does.
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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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He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.
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Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.
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Our lives are composed of a finite set of moments that we choose how to spend.
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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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You cannot invent an algorithm that is as good at recommending books as a good bookseller.
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If you don’t imagine, nothing ever happens at all.
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Everything that comes together falls apart.
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The world may be broken, but hope is not crazy.
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The human tongue is like wasabi: it’s very powerful, and should be used sparingly.
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