We idealize them as gods or dismiss them as animals. by John Green

We idealize them as gods or dismiss them as animals.

John Green

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We live in a universe devoted to the creation, and eradication, of awareness. Augustus Waters did not die after a lengthy battle with cancer. He died after a lengthy battle with human consciousness, a victim - as you will be - of the universe's need to make and unmake all that is possible.

cancer battle water

But that wasn't quite right. I called it a nine because I was saving my ten. And here it was, the great and terrible ten, slamming me again and again as I lay still and alone in my bed staring at the ceiling, the waves tossing me against the rocks then pulling me back out to sea so they could launch me again into the jagged face of the cliff, leaving me floating faceup on the water, undrowned.

rocks sea water

We were very different, and we disagreed about a lot of things, but he was always so interesting, you know?

different knows interesting

He wanted to draw out the moment before the moment- because as good as kissing feels, nothing feels as good as the anticipation of it.

anticipation kissing moments

You can’t know, sweetie, because you’ve never had a baby become a brilliant young reader with a side interest in horrible television shows, but the joy you bring us is so much greater than the sadness we feel about your illness.

sadness joy baby

Caroline is no longer sufffering from personhood. by John Green

Caroline is no longer sufffering from personhood.

personhood

He'd fought hard, Lida told me, as if there was another way to fi... by John Green

He'd fought hard, Lida told me, as if there was another way to fight.

hard fighting way

Can I ask you about Caroline Mathers?" "And you say there's no af... by John Green

Can I ask you about Caroline Mathers?" "And you say there's no afterlife.

afterlife asks

The world," he said, "is not a wish-granting factory," and then he broke down, just for one moment, his sob roaring impotent like a clap of thunder unaccompanied by lightning, the terrible ferocity that amateurs in the field of suffering might mistake for weakness.

suffering wish mistake

Collin Singleton could no more stay cool than a blue whale could stay skinny or Bangladesh could stay rich

skinny whales blue

I think if you went back to the eighteenth century and you asked a fifteen year old boy, 'Would you like to marry a woman who has had plastic bags needlessly inserted into her breasts?', that fifteen year old boy would probably be like, 'what's plastic?'.

boys years thinking

I hated being careful, too - or wanted to, at least. by John Green

I hated being careful, too - or wanted to, at least.

careful hated wanted

It was an indulgence, learning last words. Other people had choco... by John Green

It was an indulgence, learning last words. Other people had chocolate; I had dying declarations.

chocolate dying people

I wasn't disappointed. My expectations had been met. by John Green

I wasn't disappointed. My expectations had been met.

disappointed mets expectations

I have guts, just not when it counts. by John Green

I have guts, just not when it counts.

guts

Last words are always harder to remember when no one knows that s... by John Green

Last words are always harder to remember when no one knows that someone's about to die.

last-words lasts remember

I wouldn't have cared if my girlfriend was a Jaguar-driving Cyclops with a beard - I'd have been grateful just to have someone to make out with.

jaguars grateful girlfriend

Jesus, I'm not going to be one of those people who sits around talking about what they're going to do. I'm just going to do it.

talking people jesus

I stood under the awning for a moment, but finally I decided that being in a bad mood with your friends beats being in a bad mood without them.

beats bad-mood moments

There is always the risk: something is good and good and good and good, then all at once it gets awkward.

awkward risk