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John Green Quotes - Page 43

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The punch connected, but (1) Colin forgot to close his fist, so he was slapping not hitting, and (2) instead of slapping TOC, he ended up slapping Hassan flush across the cheek, whereupon Hassan finally succeeded in

The punch connected, but (1) Colin forgot to close his fist, so he was slapping not hitting, and (2) instead of slapping TOC, he ended up slapping Hassan flush across the cheek, whereupon Hassan finally succeeded in falling down.

Fall, Hitting, Fists

John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.166, Penguin

We cannot be born, and we cannot die. Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations.

Teenage, Alaska, Energy

John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.161, Penguin

And I wondered if hurdlers ever thought, you know, 'This would go faster if we just got rid of the hurdles.

Faster, Hurdle, Knows

John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.26, Penguin

Support Group featured a rotating cast of characters in various states of tumor-driven unwellness. Why did the cast rotate? A side effect of dying.

Real, Character, Support

John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.169, Penguin

There was time before organisms experienced consciousness, and there will be time after. And if the inevitability of human oblivion worries you, I encourage you to ignore it.

Worry, Consciousness, Oblivion

John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.225, Penguin

Long week. Long month. Long life.

Long, Months, Week

John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.161, Penguin

Augustus, perhaps you’d like to share your fears with the group.” “My fears?” “Yes.” “I fear oblivion,” he said without a moment’s pause. “I fear it like the proverbial blind man who’s afraid of the dark.” “Too soon,” Isaac said, cracking a smile. “Was that insensitive?” Augustus asked. “I can be pretty blind to other people’s feelings.

Dark, Men, People

John Green (2008). “Paper Towns”, p.245, Penguin

Hazel has to realize that her mom was wrong when she said, “I won’t be a mother anymore.” The truth is, after Hazel dies (assuming she dies), her mom will still be her mom, just as my grandmother is still my grandmother even though she has died. As long as either person is still alive, that relationship survives. (It changes, but it survives.)

Mom, Mother, Real

I was blind and heart broken and didn't want to do anything and Gus burst into my room and shouted, "I have wonderful news!" And I was like, "I don't really want to hear wonderful news right now," and Gus said, "This is wonderful news you want to hear," and I asked him, "Fine, what is it?" and he said, "You are going to live a good and long life filled with great and terrible moments that you cannot even imagine yet!

Love, Life, Heart

The things I would do to that boy. I mean, not now that I know you're interested in him. But, oh, sweet holy Lord, I would ride that one-legged pony all the way around the corral." "Kaitlyn," I said. "Sorry. Do you think you'd have to be on top?" "Kaitlyn," I said.

Sweet, Sorry, Mean

John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.94, Penguin

And yes, again, that was it exactly. A retyper and not a writer. A prodigy and not a genius.

Genius, Prodigies, Colin Singleton

John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.91, Penguin

We're going to get gored to death by a feral fugging hog and your best strategy is to pretend it's a grizzly bear?

Grizzly Bears, Strategy, Grizzlies

John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.156, Penguin

If I could do it all over again," he said, his speech slow and vaguely mangled by his massive lower lip, "I'd just let myself be trampled to death by the Satan Pig.

Pigs, Speech, Lips

John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.169, Penguin

The dead are visible only in the terrible lidless eye of memory.

Memories, Eye, Terrible

John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.113, Penguin

It felt like everything was rising up in me, like I was drowning in this weirdly painful joy, but I couldn't say it back. I just looked at him and let him look at me until he nodded, lips pursed and turned away, placing the side of his head against the window.

Rising Up, Joy, Looks

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, Water, Battle

John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.266, Penguin

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

John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.170, Penguin UK

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.

Kissing, Anticipation, Moments

John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.78, Penguin

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.

Baby, Sadness, Joy

John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.103, Penguin

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

Afterlife, Asks

John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.100, Penguin

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.

Mistake, Suffering, Wish

John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.139, Penguin UK

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

Blue, Whales, Skinny

John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.16, Penguin

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, Thinking, Years

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

People, Chocolate, Dying

John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.18, Penguin

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

Expectations, Mets, Disappointed

John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.14, Penguin

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