John Green
John Green
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth24 August 1977
CountryUnited States of America
life giving-up mean
I always had this idea that you should never give up a happy middle in the hopes of a happy ending, because there is no such thing as a happy ending. Do you know what I mean? There is so much to lose.
thinking missing pieces
I don't think your missing pieces ever fit inside you again once they go missing.
looks goofy infinite
I don't know how I look, but I know how I feel: Young. Goofy. Infinite.
hurt book thinking
I am a grenade," I said again. "I just want to stay away from people and read books and think and be with you guys because there's nothing I can do about hurting you: You're too invested, so just please let me do that, okay? "I'm going to go to my room and read for awhile, okay? I'm fine. I really am fine: I just want to go read for a while.
art philosophy sick
The urge to make art or contemplate philosophy does not go away when you are sick. Those urges just become transfigured by illness.
war leaving world
Almost everyone is obsessed with leaving a mark upon the world. Bequeathing a legacy. Outlasting death. We all want to be remembered. I do, too. That’s what bothers me most, is being another unremembered casualty in the ancient and inglorious war against disease.
life pain real
Pain is like fabric: The stronger it is, the more it’s worth.
writing doe
Writing does not resurrect. It buries.
people lord
In the darkest days, the Lord puts the best people into your life." (p. 28)
drink posture deserve
A drink this good deserves one's best posture.
beautiful couple translations
One of the others shouted a translation: "The beautiful couple is beautiful.
broken-heart hurt pain
The good times and the bad times both will pass. It will pass. It will get easier. But the fact that it will get easier does not mean that it doesn’t hurt now. And when people try to minimize your pain they are doing you a disservice. And when you try to minimize your own pain you’re doing yourself a disservice. Don’t do that. The truth is that it hurts because it’s real. It hurts because it mattered. And that’s an important thing to acknowledge to yourself. But that doesn’t mean that it won’t end, that it won’t get better. Because it will.
towns paper mystery
She loved mysteries so much that she became one.
beautiful hurt real
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.