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.
JOHN GREENMaybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we’re quoting.
More John Green Quotes
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You don’t remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened.
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Sometimes you lose a battle. But mischief always wins the war.
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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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You cannot invent an algorithm that is as good at recommending books as a good bookseller.
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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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What’s the meaning of life? Other people.
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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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Not that smart. Not that hot. Not that nice. Not that funny. That’s me: I’m not that.
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I don’t think your missing pieces ever fit inside you again once they go missing.
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You are so busy being you that you have no idea how utterly unprecedented you are.
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You like someone who can’t like you back because unrequited love can be survived in a way that once-requited love cannot.
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Books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.
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I’m not saying that everything is survivable. Just that everything except the last thing is.
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You are helpful, and you are loved, and you are forgiven, and you are not alone.
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We just did an awesome job of not dying.
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