Much of my life had been devoted to trying not to cry in front of people who loved me.
JOHN GREENYou 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.
More John Green Quotes
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My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.
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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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You cannot invent an algorithm that is as good at recommending books as a good bookseller.
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I may die young, but at least I’ll die smart.
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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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Our lives are composed of a finite set of moments that we choose how to spend.
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The human tongue is like wasabi: it’s very powerful, and should be used sparingly.
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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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Whatever you’re worried about, you’re bigger than the worries.
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The future is a kind of nostalgia.
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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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The good times and the bad times both will pass.
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Not that smart. Not that hot. Not that nice. Not that funny. That’s me: I’m not that.
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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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What’s the meaning of life? Other people.
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