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We all use the future to escape the present.

We all use the future to escape the present.

Life, Alaska, Imagining The Future

John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.47, Penguin

As Alaska zipped through something obvious about linear equations, stoner/baller Hank Walsten said, "Wait, wait. I don't get it." "That's because you have eight functioning brain cells." "Studies show that Marijuana is better for your health than those cigarettes," Hank said. Alaska swallowed a mouthful of fries, took a drag on her cigarette, and blew a smoke at Hank. "I may die young," she said. "But at least I'll die smart. Now, back to tangents.

Smart, Marijuana, Cells

John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.46, Penguin

Scared isn't a good excuse. Scared is the excuse everyone has always used.

Scared, Excuse, Used

That's the thing about pain, it demands to be felt.

Inspirational, Stars, Pain

"The Fault in Our Stars". Book by John Green, January 10, 2012.

Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood.

Book, Reading, Understanding

I don’t know a perfect person. I only know flawed people who are still worth loving.

Love, Inspirational, Life

Amy Mek‏ @AmyMek, twitter.com. June 4, 2015.

Love is the most common miracle.

Love Is, Miracle, Common

John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.181, Penguin

Do you know what your problem is? You can't live with the idea that someone might leave.

Goodbye, Ideas, Might

John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.124, Penguin

Without Pain, How Could We Know Joy?

Pain, Joy, Broccoli

John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.28, Penguin

One day, you’re 17 and you’re planning for someday. And then quietly, without you ever really noticing, someday is today. And then someday is yesterday. And this is your life.

Inspirational, Life, Change

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.

Broken Heart, Hurt, Pain

If you don't say the honest thing, it never becomes true.

Honest, Ifs

John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.159, Penguin

I think inspiration is always around; it's just a question of whether or not you're noticing it.

Inspiration, Thinking, Noticing

...whatever you're worried about, you're bigger than the worries.

Worry, Worried, Bigger

John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.176, Penguin

It hurts because it mattered.

Hurt, Feelings, Important

Beware of that monster called 'self-loathing'.

Self, Monsters, Loathing

Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting.

Inspirational, Real, People

There's some people in this world who you can just love and love and love no matter what.

Real, People, And Love

John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.119, Penguin

You are helpful, and you are loved, and you are forgiven, and you are not alone.

Love, Inspirational, Forgiveness

John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.207, Penguin

You can love someone so much...But you can never love people as much as you can miss them.

Moving On, Break Up, I Miss You

Grief doesn't change you. It reveals you.

Grief, Grieving

The world may be broken, but hope is not crazy.

Hope, Hipster, Crazy

You matter as much as the things that matter to you do.

Matter, Things That Matter

John Green (2013). “The John Green Collection”, p.395, Penguin

I'm not sure if I'm depressed. I mean, I'm not exactly sad. But I'm not exactly happy either. I can laugh and joke and smile during the day, But sometimes when I'm alone at night I forget how to feel.

Mean, Night, Laughing

We all romanticize the people we adore.

People, Adore

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