I realized during my time as a chaplain that I didn't want to be a minister. John Green More Quotes by John Green More Quotes From John Green The way I figure it, everyone gets a miracle. John Green townsmiracleway It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world. John Green hipsterinspirationallife Leaving feels good and pure only when you leave something important, something that mattered to you. Pulling life out by the roots. But you can't do that until your life has grown roots. John Green feel-goodrealroots We all want to do something to mitigate the pain of loss or to turn grief into something positive, to find a silver lining in the clouds. But I believe there is real value in just standing there, being still, being sad. John Green sadpainreal I knew that time would now pass for me differently than it would for him - that I, like everyone in that room, would go on accumulating loves and losses while he would not. And for me, that was the final and truly unbearable tragedy: Like all the innumerable dead, he'd once and for all been demoted from haunted to haunter. John Green finalstragedyloss I will play out the string. I will not betray your trust. I will find you. John Green stringsbetrayplay There's some people in this world who you can just love and love and love no matter what. John Green and-loverealpeople Come over here so I can examine your face with my hands and see deeper into your soul than a sighted person ever could. John Green realsoulhands Nerd life is just so much better than regular life. John Green nerdlife-is I wanted so badly to lie down next to her on the couch, to wrap my arms around her and sleep... Just sleep together, in the most innocent sense of the phrase. But I lacked the courage and she had a boyfriend and I was gawky and she was gorgeous and I was boring and she was endlessly fascinating. So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane. John Green dreamlovelying So we gave up. I'd finally had enough of chasing after a ghost who did not want to be seen. We'd failed, maybe, but some mysteries aren't meant to be solved. John Green had-enoughghostwant Beware of that monster called 'self-loathing'. John Green loathingselfmonsters Because you are beautiful. I enjoy looking at beautiful people, and I decided a while ago not to deny myself the simpler pleasures of existence John Green beautifulromanticpeople Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said. "Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway. John Green keeping-promisesreallove As long as we don't die, this is gonna be one hell of a story. John Green hipsterlifelong When adults say, "Teenagers think they are invincible" with that sly, stupid smile on their faces, they don't know how right they are. We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken. We think that we are invincible because we are. We cannot be born, and we cannot die. Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations. They forget that when they get old. They get scared of losing and failing. But that part of us greater than the sum of our parts cannot begin and cannot end, and so it cannot fail. John Green teenagerealstupid You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose. John Green friendsnosesinspiring The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention. John Green realheroinspirational It's more impressive," I said out loud. "From a distance, I mean. You can't see the wear on things, you know? You can't see the rust or the weeds or the paint cracking. You see the place as someone once imagined it. John Green distanceweedmean Maybe all the strings inside him broke. John Green broketownspaper
