The past feels distant, even when it’s near. The future feels assured, even when it isn’t.
JOHN GREENWhen things break, it’s not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again.
More John Green Quotes
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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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It always shocked me when I realized that I wasn’t the only person in the world who thought and felt such strange and awful things.
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It’s just that most really good-looking people are stupid, so I exceed expectations.
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I may die young, but at least I’ll die smart.
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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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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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As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.
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There is no shortage of fault to be found amid our stars.
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Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood.
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He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.
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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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God knows that’s what everyone else does.
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We’re all just facilitators. The real business is done by readers.
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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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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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