The past feels distant, even when it's near. The future feels assured, even when it isn't. John Green More Quotes by John Green More Quotes From John Green You're funny, and you're smart, and you may show up late, but you always show up eventually. John Green late smart may She was not an adventure, she was not a fine and precious thing. She was a girl. John Green hipster girl adventure I don't think your missing pieces ever fit inside you again once they go missing. John Green pieces missing thinking I wouldn’t have a career if it weren’t for independent bookstores. John Green bookstores independent careers Gratitude is the proper response for the absolute astonishment of getting to be alive, and aware, and an essential part of this crazy, sprawling story. John Green gratitude essentials crazy Night falls fast. Today is the past. John Green night past fall I hated hurting him. Most of the time, I could forget about it, but the inexorable truth is this: They might be glad to have me around, but I was the alpha and the omega of my parents' suffering. John Green parent suffering hurt The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention. The guy who invented the smallpox vaccine didn't actually invent anything. He just noticed that people with cowpox didn't get smallpox. John Green vaccines real hero You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful. John Green grateful stars life So here's my advice: Study broadly and without fear. Learn a language if you can, because that will make your life more interesting. Read a little bit every day. But more importantly, surround yourself with people who you like and make cool stuff with them. In the end, what you do isn't going to be nearly as interesting or important as who you do it with. John Green advice people interesting Without pain, how could we know joy?' This is an old argument in the field of thinking about suffering and its stupidity and lack of sophistication could be plumbed for centuries but suffice it to say that the existence of broccoli does not, in any way, affect the taste of chocolate. John Green pain inspiring thinking We are all going, I thought, and it applies to turtles and turtlenecks, Alaska the girl and Alaska the place, because nothing can last, not even the earth itself. The Buddha said that suffering was caused by desire, we'd learned, and that the cessation of desire meant the cessation of suffering. When you stopped wishing things wouldn't fall apart, you'd stop suffering when they did. John Green girl book fall It is very sad to me that some people are so intent on leaving their mark on the world that they don’t care if that mark is a scar. John Green i-hate-you leaving people That's who you really like. The people you can think out loud in front of. John Green i-hate-you people thinking Also, I feel that crying is almost--like, aside from deaths of relatives or whatever-- totally avoidable if you follow two very simple rules: 1.Don't care too much. 2. Shut up. Everything unfortunate that has ever happened to me has stemmed from failure to follow one of the rules. John Green care simple two It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing. John Green teeth real giving And, since they are theater people, they are all talking. All of them. Simultaneously. They do not need to be heard; they only need to be speaking. John Green talking people needs Without Pain, How Could We Know Joy? John Green broccoli pain joy How strange and how lovely it is to be anything at all. John Green lovely strange This is what I love about novels - both reading them and writing them. They jump into the abyss to be with you where you are. John Green where-you-are reading writing
