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John Green Quotes - Page 36

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I think that most of us [writers] would rather have an audience than countless riches. If we wanted to be rich, we'd be doing smething else.

I think that most of us [writers] would rather have an audience than countless riches. If we wanted to be rich, we'd be doing smething else.

Thinking, Riches, Wanted

You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth.

Alaska, Imagining The Future, Labyrinth

John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.46, Penguin

As a reader, I don't feel a story has an obligation to make me happy. I want stories to show me a bigger world than the one I know.

Want, Stories, World

Twitter post from Oct 24, 2013

Destiny is not something that happens all at once-it's something that happens only in retrospect.

Destiny, Retrospect, Happens

High School made me realize that the people who say they will never change, are always the ones who change the most.

School, People, Realizing

Right, except I'm not going to lie to my mom, because what kind of (man) lies to his own mother?

Mom, Mother, Lying

Coal miners don't get coal miners' block.

Block, Coal Miners, Coal

I'm a big believer in pairing classics with contemporary literature, so students have the opportunity to see that literature is not a cold, dead thing that happened once but instead a vibrant mode of storytelling that's been with us a long time - and will be with us, I hope, for a long time to come.

Opportunity, Long, Literature

If I'm too old to be Emo, how do you account for the very Emo and very old Edgar Allan Poe? Checkmate!

Emo, Allan Poe, Checkmate

Nerdighters make me believe in America again.

Believe, America

I wanted to, you know, get my story out in the world, which, it turns out, is a very misguided notion.

Stories, World, Misguided

There are at least two distinct meanings of 'hot': there is the, like, normal human definition which is that 'this individual seems suitable for mating'. And then there's the weird, culturally constructed definition of 'hot' which means, 'that individual is malnourished and has probably had plastic bags inserted into her breasts'. Like, I think if you went back to the 18th century and asked a 15-year-old boy, 'Would you like to marry a woman who has had plastic bags needlessly inserted into her breasts?' that 15-year-old boy would probably be like ... 'What's plastic?'

Mean, Thinking, Boys

You know what ambrosia tastes like? It tastes like all the things you can't eat on Weight Watchers. Cheeseburgers, sugar cookies, regular freaking ice cream instead of, like, ice cream that's made out of air and human hope.

Ice Cream, Air, Weight Watchers

"Brotherhood 2.0 (Episode #1.20)". TV Series, nerdfighteria.info. January 26, 2007.

I'm at the eye doctor. I'm always at the eye doctor. It's like this is my profession. I am no longer a writer, I'm now an optomoligical patient. By the way, this job doesn't pay well.

Jobs, Eye, Doctors

Nerdfighter pwns woot. Everyone knows that.

Knows, Nerdfighter

I have a great affection for people who are intellectually engaged with the world, and who don't treat everything superficially. And I think, when people talk about nerdiness, what they're really talking about is smart people who who are trying to think hard about the world. And I don't think that's an insult, I think that's a great thing.

Smart, Thinking, Talking

I feel like crying, so I must be crying, but it's impossible to tell because I'm underwater.

Underwater, Impossible, Cry

John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.14, Penguin

The world is broken, and all our attempts to fix it will inevitably fail, and some day all life will be extinguished from the planet and there will be no one to remember that any of us ever did anything. But this fact, strangely, does not delegitimize hope, because every now and again we find evidence that hope is helpful. This evidence, in my opinion, should be celebrated-even as we lament and fight the devastation.

Fighting, Broken, Doe

I don't have a favourite book, I have hundreds.

Book, Favourite, Favourite Book

I have two kinds of Facebook friends: Those who know what 'DFTBA' means, and those who don't.

Mean, Two, Kind

You can't not like "The Great Gatsby." It's got the best sentences in, like, ever.

Sentences

"'Fault In Our Stars' Author Talks Worst Book Ever, Where He Likes To Read". The Huffington Post Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 12, 2012.

Teenagers have more intense reading experiences because they've had fewer of them. It's like the first time you fall in love. You have a connection to that first person you fell in love with because it was so intense and unprecedented.

Falling In Love, Teenager, Love You

It's hard to get movie studios to pay a lot of money for movies that don't have robots or explosions.

Robots, Pay, Explosions

I don't like reindeer. They seem like regular deer, only more dangerous.

Real, Reindeer, Dangerous

For a moment, she was quiet. Then she grabbed my hand, whispered, “Run run run run run,” and took off, pulling me behind her.

Running, Hands, Quiet

John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.25, Penguin

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