You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.
JOHN GREENHe liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.
More John Green Quotes
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It’s just that most really good-looking people are stupid, so I exceed expectations.
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If you don’t imagine, nothing ever happens at all.
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Poetry is just so emo.” he said. “Oh, the pain. The pain. It always rains. In my soul.
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You are helpful, and you are loved, and you are forgiven, and you are not alone.
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The future is a kind of nostalgia.
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The human tongue is like wasabi: it’s very powerful, and should be used sparingly.
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Every year, many, many stupid people graduate from college. And if they can do it, so can you.
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Sometimes you lose a battle. But mischief always wins the war.
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We’re all just facilitators. The real business is done by readers.
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Life works best when we think of people as people.
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They love their hair because they’re not smart enough to love something more interesting.
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Talking to a drunk person was like talking to an extremely happy, severely brain-damaged three-year-old.
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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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Y’all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die.
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The pleasure of remembering had been taken from me, because there was no longer anyone to remember with.
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