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It is very sad to me that some people are so intent on leaving their mark on the world that they don’t care if that mark is a scar.

It is very sad to me that some people are so intent on leaving their mark on the world that they don’t care if that mark is a scar.

John Green
I Hate You, People, Leaving
Hank Green @hankgreen, twitter.com. January 09, 2011.

It is so hard to leave-until you leave.

John Green
Leaving, Paper Books, Towns
John Green (2013). “Paper Towns”, p.228, A&C Black

Leaving feels too good, once you leave.

John Green
Leaving, Feels
John Green (2013). “Paper Towns”, p.229, A&C Black

Almost everyone is obsessed with leaving a mark upon the world. Bequeathing a legacy. Outlasting death. We all want to be remembered. I do, too. That’s what bothers me most, is being another unremembered casualty in the ancient and inglorious war against disease.

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

And as paralyzing and upsetting as all the never agains were, the final leaving felt perfect. Pure. The most distilled possible form of liberation.

John Green
Perfect, Upset, Leaving
John Green (2013). “The John Green Collection”, p.572, Penguin

And I wanted to tell her that the pleasure for me wasn't planning or doing or leaving; the pleasure was in seeing our strings cross and separate and then come back together.

John Green
Leaving, Together, Paper
John Green (2013). “The John Green Collection”, p.479, Penguin

I leave, and the leaving is so exhilarating I know I can never go back. But then what? Do I just keep leaving places, and leaving them, and leaving them, tramping a perpetual journey?

John Green
Journey, Leaving, Towns
John Green (2013). “Paper Towns”, p.229, A&C Black

...all I have to do is stay in between the lines and make sure that no one is too close to me and I am not too close to anyone and keep leaving. Maybe it felt like this for her, too, but I could never feel like this alone.

John Green
Leaving, Lines, Feels
John Green (2013). “Paper Towns”, p.262, A&C Black

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