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John Green Quotes - Page 9

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Writing is something you do alone. It's a profession for introverts who wanna tell you a story but don't wanna make eye contact while telling it

Writing is something you do alone. It's a profession for introverts who wanna tell you a story but don't wanna make eye contact while telling it

Writing, Eye, Stories

But we can't know better until knowing better is useless.

Alaska, Knowing Better, Useless

John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.169, Penguin

I just want to fly under the radar, because when you start to make yourself into a big deal, that's when you get shot down.

Want, Shots, Bigs

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

History doesn't have a curfew.

Curfew

John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.8, Penguin

And so that is the question I leave you with in this final: What is your cause for hope?

Finals, Causes, Everlasting Life

John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.158, Penguin

When people have to choose between civilization and warm genitals, they choose warm genitals

Civilization, People, Warm

"Fall of The Roman Empire...in the 15th Century: Crash Course World History #12". Youtube video, www.youtube.com. April 12, 2012.

Mental health days only exist for people who have the luxury of saying 'I don't want to deal with things today' and then can take the whole day off, while the rest of us are stuck fighting the fights we always fight, with no one really caring one way or another, unless...

Fighting, Caring, Luxury

She has enough black eyeliner on to outline a corpse, and her skin's so pale she looks like she's just broken dawn.

Broken, Black, Skins

John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.40, Penguin

I'm not asexual. I'm arelationshipal.

John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.29, Penguin

I realized that all my life, my values were based upon typical middle-class American values: hard work, doing good, living well, owning things, following the rules & being the best I can be... but God clearly says, "those are not MY values. I value justice, mercy & humility.

Humility, Hard Work, Class

The Degree to which I am blessed staggers me... the degree to which I take that for granted shames me. -Streetwalking with Jesus

Jesus, Blessed, Degrees

The future will erase everything--there's no level of fame or genius that allows you to transcend oblivion. The infinite future makes that kind of mattering impossible.

Real, Genius, Levels

John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.198, Penguin

Dying is the last thing I would EVER do!

Dying, Lasts

I'm a grenade and at some point I'm going to blow up and I would like to minimize the casualties, okay?

Real, Blow, Faults

John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.72, Penguin UK

Thank you for explaining that my eye cancer isn't going to make me deaf. I feel so fortunate that an intellectual giant like yourself would deign to operate on me.

Cancer, Eye, Grace

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

You're not boring. You've got to stop saying that, or people will start believing you.

Believe, People, Boring

John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.131, Penguin

it is the nature of stars to cross

Stars, Crosses

John Green (2013). “The John Green Collection”, p.715, Penguin

When you leave a place, it's best to leave.

John Green (2013). “The John Green Collection”, p.617, Penguin

The urge to make art or contemplate philosophy does not go away when you are sick. Those urges just become transfigured by illness.

Art, Philosophy, Sick

"John Green: novelist, vlogger, force for good" by Scott Shoger, www.nuvo.net. May 30, 2014.

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.

Hurt, Book, Thinking

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.

Life, Giving Up, Mean

Amsterdam is like the rings of a tree: It gets older as you get closer to the center.

Tree, Amsterdam, Rings

John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.92, Penguin

I hate the idea that, when it comes to books and learning, hard is often seen as the opposite of fun. It's strange to me that we should be so quick to give up on a book or a math problem when we are so willing to grapple, for centuries if necessary, with a single level of Angry Birds.

Giving Up, Fun, Hate

They love their hair because they're not smart enough to love something more interesting.

Funny, Hipster, Smart

When I look at my room, I see a girl who loves books.

Girl, Hipster, Book

John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.68, Penguin

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