You do not immortalize the lost by writing about them. Language buries, but does not resurrect.
JOHN GREENYou gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful.
More John Green Quotes
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Y’all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die.
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Depression is a side effect of dying.
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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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There is no glory in illness. There is no meaning to it. There is no honor in dying of.
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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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Writing is something you do alone. It’s a profession for introverts who wanna tell you a story but don’t wanna make eye contact while telling it
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We’re all just facilitators. The real business is done by readers.
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Crying is you, plus tears.
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They love their hair because they’re not smart enough to love something more interesting.
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The urge to make art or contemplate philosophy does not go away when you are sick. Those urges just become transfigured by illness.
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We just did an awesome job of not dying.
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The human tongue is like wasabi: it’s very powerful, and should be used sparingly.
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God knows that’s what everyone else does.
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Much of my life had been devoted to trying not to cry in front of people who loved me.
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It’s just that most really good-looking people are stupid, so I exceed expectations.
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