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I’ll give you my strength if I can have your remission.

I’ll give you my strength if I can have your remission.

John Green
Giving, Remission, Ifs
John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.91, Penguin UK

It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing.

John Green
Real, Giving, Teeth
John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.230, Penguin

We have to live with ambiguity. We have to give ourselves over to it. The question is: How? How are we going to live in a universe where important questions will always go unanswered?

John Green
Real, Giving, Important

But of course there is always a hamartia and yours is that oh, my God, even though you HAD FREAKING CANCER you give money to a company in exchange for the chance to acquire YET MORE CANCER.

John Green
Cancer, Giving, Chance
John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.229, Penguin

I'll just go over to the Duke's," I said. "Her parents already told me I could stay there. I'll go over there and open all my presents, and talk about how my parents neglect me, and then maybe the Duke will give me some of her presents because she feels so bad about how my mom doesn't love me.

John Green
Mom, Giving, Parent

He puts the killing thing in his mouth but doesn't give it the power to kill him.

John Green
Giving, Mouths, Killing
John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.146, Penguin

But it was sure a privilege to love him, huh?" I nodded into his shirt. "Gives you an idea how I feel about you," he said. My old man. He always knew just what to say.

John Green
Men, Ideas, Giving
"The Fault in Our Stars". Book by John Green, May 3, 2012.

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