The urge to make art or contemplate philosophy does not go away when you are sick. Those urges just become transfigured by illness.
JOHN GREENYou cannot invent an algorithm that is as good at recommending books as a good bookseller.
More John Green Quotes
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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 is not a wish-granting factory.
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What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?
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What a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person.
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I may die young, but at least I’ll die smart.
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We’re all just facilitators. The real business is done by readers.
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It’s just that most really good-looking people are stupid, so I exceed expectations.
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Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.
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I didn’t need you, you idiot. I picked you. And then you picked me back.
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My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.
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I don’t think your missing pieces ever fit inside you again once they go missing.
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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 realize that trying to keep your distance from me will not lessen my affection for you. All efforts to save me from you will fail.
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Whatever you’re worried about, you’re bigger than the worries.
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As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.
JOHN GREEN