As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.
JOHN GREENAs he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.
JOHN GREENWhat’s the meaning of life? Other people.
JOHN GREENYou are so busy being you that you have no idea how utterly unprecedented you are.
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.
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 GREENI may die young, but at least I’ll die smart.
JOHN GREENSome tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.
JOHN GREENDepression is a side effect of dying.
JOHN GREENGrief does not change you, It reveals you.
JOHN GREENYou like someone who can’t like you back because unrequited love can be survived in a way that once-requited love cannot.
JOHN GREENI’m not saying that everything is survivable. Just that everything except the last thing is.
JOHN GREENWhatever you’re worried about, you’re bigger than the worries.
JOHN GREENWe are as indestructible as we believe ourselves to be.
JOHN GREENWe just did an awesome job of not dying.
JOHN GREENIt’s just that most really good-looking people are stupid, so I exceed expectations.
JOHN GREENYou can love someone so much but you can never love people as much as you can miss them.
JOHN GREEN