Need is never a good basis for any relationship. John Green More Quotes by John Green More Quotes From John Green By saying you don’t care if the world falls apart, in some small way you’re saying you want it to stay together, on your own terms. John Green together world fall The Romans knew it: quod me alit me extinguit, they said: That which nourishes me, extinguishes me. John Green they-said said I told him they built a statue of Schultz, and then he said that a monument is cold comfort to a dead man, and then I said that the statue was built not for Schultz, but for us--to remind us how to be human. John Green cold comfort men My regret was immediate and permanent and useless. John Green regret useless permanent The idea is that for ten minutes, we forget that we have feelings. And we forget about protecting ourselves or other people and we just say the truth. For ten minutes. And then we can go back to being lame. John Green feelings people ideas The minister said, “Let us pray,” but as everyone else bowed their head, I could only stare slack-jawed at the sight of Peter Van Houten. After a moment, he whispered, “We gotta fake pray,” and bowed his head. John Green fake praying sight Everything that comes together falls apart. Everything. The chair I’m sitting on. It was built, and so it will fall apart. I’m gonna fall apart, probably before this chair. And you’re gonna fall apart. The cells and organs and systems that make you you—they came together, grew together, and so must fall apart. The Buddha knew one thing science didn’t prove for millennia after his death: Entropy increases. Things fall apart. John Green cells together fall Everybody should have true love, and it should last at least as long as your life does. John Green should-have doe long When people call people nerds, mostly what they're saying is, 'you like stuff.' Which is not a good insult at all, like, 'you are too enthusiastic about the miracle of human conscience. John Green nerd miracle people In our hyper-secular world, worship is still inevitable. But it is vital to remember that our gods don't choose us, we choose them. John Green worship remember world I'm on a roller coaster that only goes up," he said. "And it is my privilege and my responsibility to ride all the way up with you," I said. John Green grace responsibility way He took a bite, swallowed. "God. If asparagus tasted like that all the time, I'd be vegetarian, too." Some people in a lacquered wooden boat approached us on the canal below. One of them, a woman with curly blond hair, maybe thirty, drank from a beer then raised her glass towards us and shouted something. "We don't speak Dutch," Gus shouted back. One of the others shouted a translation: "The beautiful couple is beautiful. John Green couple beer beautiful Did I help you toward a fate you didn't want, Alaska, or did I just assist in your willful self-destruction? John Green alaska fate self It just goes to show, if you try to ruin someone's life, it only gets better. You just don't get to be a part of it. John Green ruins get-better trying You will not kill my girlfriend today, International Terrorists of Ambiguous Nationality! John Green terrorist girlfriend today ..there she is, and I am watching her through plexiglass, and she looks like Margo Roth Spiegelman, this girl I have known since I was two–this girl who was an idea that I loved. And it is only now, when she closes her notebook and places it inside a backpack next to her and then stands up and walks toward us, that I realize that the idea is not only wrong by dangerous. What a treacherous thing it is to believe that a person is more than a person. John Green notebook girl believe Ultimately what I like about reading together is that we all make it happen together. Of course even amid shared experience we’re still alone… each reading of each book is unique. But what a comfort it is to share readings and experiences. How lucky we are when we get to be alone together. John Green real reading book We did a few things worth remembering, and I wish for someone to remember them. John Green nerdfighter wish remember You could hear the wind in the leaves, and on that wind traveled the screams of the kids on the playground in the distance, the little kids figuring out how to be alive, how to navigate a world that was not built for them by navigating a playground that was. . . Who am I to say that these things might not be forever? Who is Pete Van Houten to assert as fact the conjecture that our labor is temporary? All I know of heaven and all I know of death is in this park: an elegant universe in ceaseless motion, teeming with ruined ruins and screaming children. John Green distance kids children She raised one leg and gave me all her weight as a I dipped her. She either trusted me or wanted to fall. John Green legs weight fall
