Stupid truth, always resisting simplicity John Green More Quotes by John Green More Quotes From John Green Augustus Waters was the great star-crossed love of my life. Ours was an epic love story, and I won’t be able to get more than a sentence into it without disappearing into a puddle of tears. Gus knew. Gus knows. I will not tell you our love story, because—like all real love stories—it will die with us, as it should. John Green stars epic real Augustus Waters died eight days after his prefuneral, at Memorial, in the ICU, when the cancer, which was made of him, finally stopped his heart, which was also made of him. John Green cancer eight heart For me, the hero’s journey is not the voyage from weakness to strength. The true hero’s journey is the voyage from strength to weakness. John Green real journey hero And then it was the kind of dark your eyes never adjust to. John Green eye kind dark We had to forgive to survive the labyrinth John Green labyrinth forgiving How are the eyes?' 'Oh, excellent,' he said. 'I mean, they're not in my head is the only problem. John Green eye problem mean We left. We did not say: Don't drive, You're drunk. We did not say: We aren't letting you in that car when you are upset. We did not say: We insist on going with you. We did not say: This can wait until tomorrow. Anything-everything-can wait. John Green drunk car waiting How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" In reality, "How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" were probably not Simon Bolivar's last words (although he did, historically, say them). His last words may have been "Jose! Bring the luggage. They do not want us here." The significant source for "How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" is also Alaska's source, Gabriel Garcia Marquez's The General in his Labyrinth. John Green labyrinth alaska reality Physical intimacy isn’t and can never be an effective substitute for emotional intimacy. John Green substitutes intimacy emotional I think if you keep the box closed long enough you do kill the cat, actually. John Green cat long thinking Language buries, but does not resurrect. John Green deep-thought language doe Because so many people use goodreads, it is an amazingly good—and amazingly underutilized—resource for understanding what people read, why, and how they feel about their reading experiences. John Green understanding reading people I feel like I might start crying and that I'm going to cry pee. John Green cry feels might Miles, as in 'to go before I sleep'? John Green miles sleep There's no way of knowing that your last good day is Your Last Good Day. At the time, it is just another good day. John Green good-day knowing way There is always the risk: something is good and good and good and good, and then all at once it gets awkward. All at once, she sees you looking at her, and then she doesn't want to joke around with you anymore, because she doesn't want to seem flirty, because she doesn't want you to think she likes you. It's such a disaster, whenever, in the course of human relationships, someone begins to chisel away at the wall of separation between friendship and kissing. John Green flirty wall kissing Colin thought about the dork mantra: sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. What a dirty lie. John Green hurt lying dirty Bro, it's dark. You can't go to a strange building with a mysterious address in the dark. Haven't you ever seen a horror movie? John Green addresses strange dark Do you have a Wish?' he asked, referring to this organization, The Genie Foundation, which is in the business of granting sick kids one wish. 'No' I said. 'I used my Wish pre-Miracle.' 'What'd you do?' I sighed loudly. 'I was thirteen,' I said. 'Not Disney,' he said. I said nothing. 'You did not go to Disney World.' I said nothing. 'HAZEL GRACE!' he shouted. 'You did not use your one dying Wish to go to Disney World with your parents.' 'Also Epcot Center,' I mumbled. 'Oh, my God,' Augustus said. 'I can't believe I had a crush on a girl with such cliché wishes. John Green crush girl believe Observation: It would be awesome to fly in a superfast airplane that could chase the sunrise around the world for a while. John Green sunrise airplane would-be