Our lives are composed of a finite set of moments that we choose how to spend.
JOHN GREENThe human tongue is like wasabi: it’s very powerful, and should be used sparingly.
More John Green Quotes
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We all use the future to escape the present.
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Without pain, how could we know joy?
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Depression is a side effect of dying.
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We’re as likely to hurt the universe as we are to help it, and we’re not likely to do either.
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Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we’re quoting.
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The nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing something that you’re unqualified to do, and then you become qualified while doing it.
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They love their hair because they’re not smart enough to love something more interesting.
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Standing in line is a form of oppression.
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The past feels distant, even when it’s near. The future feels assured, even when it isn’t.
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The world may be broken, but hope is not crazy.
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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 are so busy being you that you have no idea how utterly unprecedented you are.
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You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful.
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Everything that comes together falls apart.
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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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