You do not immortalize the lost by writing about them. Language buries, but does not resurrect.
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.
More John Green Quotes
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The human tongue is like wasabi: it’s very powerful, and should be used sparingly.
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You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful.
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I’m not saying that everything is survivable. Just that everything except the last thing is.
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You are so busy being you that you have no idea how utterly unprecedented you are.
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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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What a slut time is. She screws everybody.
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Depression is a side effect of dying.
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I’m not saying that everything is survivable. Just that everything except the last thing is.
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I ran like a cheetah – well, like a cheetah that smoked too much.
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It is so hard to leave, until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.
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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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I just did some calculations and I’ve been able to determine that you’re full of shit.
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If you don’t imagine, nothing ever happens at all.
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Everything that comes together falls apart.
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You cannot invent an algorithm that is as good at recommending books as a good bookseller.
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