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The town was paper, but the memories were not.

John Green

You do not immortalize the lost by writing about them. Language buries, but does not resurrect.
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Bury Death Language Lost Mortal Writing
I don’t know a perfect person. I only know flawed people who are still worth loving.
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Love People Perfection Person Positive Worth
It is so hard to leave, until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.
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Break Up Leaving World
When I look at my room, I see a girl who loves books.
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Book Girl Look Love Room
I’m not saying that everything is survivable. Just that everything except the last thing is.
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Except Philosophy Survival
You are so busy being you that you have no idea how utterly unprecedented you are.
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Busy Ideas Yourself
That’s part of what I like about the book in some ways. It portrays death truthfully. You die in the middle of your life, in the middle of a sentence.
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Book Die Life Sentence Truth
What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?
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Alive Inspirational Remarkable Try
We are as indestructible as we believe ourselves to be.
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Believe Destruction Ourselves
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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Acknowledge Authentic Forgiveness Life Performance Person Shame Yourself
The town was paper, but the memories were not.
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Memories Paper Town
Without pain, how could we know joy?
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Joy Life One Liner Pain
The world is not a wish-granting factory.
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Factory World
The human tongue is like wasabi: it’s very powerful, and should be used sparingly.
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Human Powerful Tongue
I didn’t need you, you idiot. I picked you. And then you picked me back.
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Couple Friendship Idiot Need
I just did some calculations and I’ve been able to determine that you’re full of shit.
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Calculation Determination Insult Shit

The town was paper, but the memories were not.

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