John Green
John Green
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth24 August 1977
CountryUnited States of America
deep-thought doe language
Language buries, but does not resurrect.
cat thinking long
I think if you keep the box closed long enough you do kill the cat, actually.
emotional intimacy substitutes
Physical intimacy isn’t and can never be an effective substitute for emotional intimacy.
reality alaska labyrinth
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.
car drunk waiting
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.
mean eye problem
How are the eyes?' 'Oh, excellent,' he said. 'I mean, they're not in my head is the only problem.
forgiving labyrinth
We had to forgive to survive the labyrinth
eye dark kind
And then it was the kind of dark your eyes never adjust to.
real hero journey
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.
cancer heart eight
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.
stars real epic
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.
encouragement strong giving
Everybody was so kind. Strong, too. In the darkest days, the Lord puts the best people into your life.” “Quick, give me a throw pillow and some thread because that needs to be an Encouragement,
forever rest-of-your-life worried
What about the rest of your life?" She shrugged. "What about it?" "Aren't you worried about, like, forever?" "Forever is composed of nows," she says.
reason primaries
Her primary reason for living and my primary reason for living were awfully entangled.