And okay, fair enough, but there is this unwritten contract between author and reader and I think not ending your book kind of violates that contract. John Green More Quotes by John Green More Quotes From John Green Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood. John Green understandingreadingbook You are helpful, and you are loved, and you are forgiven, and you are not alone. John Green forgivenessinspirationallove I don’t know a perfect person. I only know flawed people who are still worth loving. John Green inspirationallovelife I don't know how I look, but I know how I feel: Young. Goofy. Infinite. John Green goofyinfinitelooks Love is keeping the promise anyway. John Green keeping-promiseslove-islife You can love someone so much...But you can never love people as much as you can miss them. John Green moving-onbreak-upi-miss-you The world may be broken, but hope is not crazy. John Green hipstercrazyhope Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. (...) You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present. John Green inspirationallifethinking The human tongue is like wasabi: it's very powerful, and should be used sparingly. John Green tongueusedpowerful I feel like, like, how you matter is defined by the things that matter to you. You matter as much as the things that matter to you. John Green things-that-mattermatterfeels Not that smart. Not that hot. Not that nice. Not that funny. That's me: I'm not that. John Green smartnicehot Given the final futility of our struggle, is the fleeting jolt of meaning that art gives us valuable? Or is the only value in passing the time as comfortable as possible? What should a story seek to emulate, Augustus? A ringing alarm? A call to arms? A morphine drip? Of course, like all interrogation of the universe, this line of inquiry inevitably reduces us to asking what it means to be human and whether—to borrow a phrase from the angst-encumbered sixteeen-year-olds you no doubt revile—there is a point to it all. John Green strugglemeanart If you don't imagine, nothing ever happens at all. John Green hipstertownsmotivational The past feels distant, even when it's near. The future feels assured, even when it isn't. John Green assuredfeelspast Every year, many, many stupid people graduate from college. And if they can do it, so can you. John Green collegestupidyears ...whatever you're worried about, you're bigger than the worries. John Green worriedbiggerworry Life works best when we think of people as people. John Green peoplethinking We all use the future to escape the present. John Green imagining-the-futurealaskalife Adult librarians are like lazy bakers: their patrons want a jelly doughnut, so they give them a jelly doughnut. Children’s librarians are ambitious bakers: 'You like the jelly doughnut? I’ll get you a jelly doughnut. But you should try my cruller, too. My cruller is gonna blow your mind, kid. John Green blowkidschildren What's the point in being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? How very odd, to believe God gave you life, and yet not think that life asks more of you than watching TV. John Green tryingbelievethinking
