No matter how hard you kick, no matter how high you get, you can't go all the way around. John Green More Quotes by John Green More Quotes From John Green I believe in that line from An Imperial Affliction. 'The risen sun too bright in her losing eyes.' That's God, I think, the rising sun, and the light is too bright and her eyes are losing but they aren't lost. John Green eyebelievethinking I told myself – as I’ve told myself before – that the body shuts down when the pain gets too bad, that consciousness is temporary, that this will pass. But just like always, I didn’t slip away. I was left on the shore with the waves washing over me, unable to drown. John Green consciousnesspainbody standing in line is a form of oppression John Green standing-in-lineoppressionlines Our fearlessness shall be our secret weapon. John Green hipstersecretgraduation Waffles are just awesome bread. John Green wafflesbread Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea that made-up stories can matter, which is sort of the foundational assumption of our species. John Green made-up-storiesrealideas Because there is no glory in illness. There is no meaning to it. There is no honor in dying of. John Green cancerhonordeath Oh, I wouldn't mind, Hazel Grace. It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you. John Green heartbreakstarsromantic The book was turned to the page with Anne Frank's name, but what got me about it was the fact that right beneath her name there were four Aron Franks. FOUR. Four Aron Franks without museums, without historical markers, without anyone to mourn them. I silently resolved to remember and pray for the four Aron Franks as long as I was around. John Green namesmuseumsbook What else? She is so beautiful. You don’t get tired of looking at her. You never worry if she is smarter than you: You know she is. She is funny without ever being mean. I love her. I am so lucky to love her, Van Houten. You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices. I hope she likes hers. John Green realhurtbeautiful She loved mysteries so much that she became one. John Green mysterytownspaper I ran like a cheetah - well, like a cheetah that smoked too much. John Green cheetahstoo-muchsmoking Amsterdam is like the rings of a tree: It gets older as you get closer to the center. John Green amsterdamringstree I want more numbers than I’m likely to get, and God, I want more numbers for Augustus Waters than he got. But, Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn’t trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful. John Green gratefulnumberswater The nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing something that you're unqualified to do, and then you become qualified while doing it. John Green fathers-dayfatherhooddad So often we try to make other people feel better by minimizing their pain, by telling them that it will get better (which it will) or that there are worse things in the world (which there are). But that's not what I actually needed. What I actually needed was for someone to tell me that it hurt because it mattered. I have found this very useful to think about over the years, and I find that it is a lot easier and more bearable to be sad when you aren't constantly berating yourself for being sad. John Green painhurtbeautiful Whether you're studying electrical engineering or poetry, college is not about maximizing income, it's about becoming a better and more informed observer of the universe. And for me, at least, that what's leads to a more fulfilling life. John Green engineeringrealcollege "Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will," she says. The sky is like a monochromatic contemporary painting, drawing me in with its illusion of depth, pulling me up. "Yeah, that's true," I say. But then after I think about it for a second, I add, "But then again, if you don't imagine, nothing ever happens at all." John Green realskythinking [This] is very important to remember when reading or writing or talking or whatever: You are never, ever choosing whether to use symbols. You are choosing which symbols to use. John Green readingwritingtalking Writing is something you do alone. It's a profession for introverts who wanna tell you a story but don't wanna make eye contact while telling it John Green eyestorieswriting
