Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the… — John Green Copy Share Image
The ideas of directing attention outward, trying to imagine other people complexly, trying not to see myself as the center of the… — John Green Copy Share Image
When did we see each other face-to-face? Not until you saw into my cracks and I saw into yours. Before that, we… — John Green Copy Share Image
I'm sitting her thinking, -God, I swear I will take a vow of silence and move to a monastery and worship you… — John Green Copy Share Image
He liked the idea of coffee quite a lot—a warm drink that gave you energy and had been for centuries associated with… — John Green Copy Share Image
I hate the idea that, when it comes to books and learning, hard is often seen as the opposite of fun. It's… — John Green Copy Share Image
Augustus: “You probably need some rest.” Me: “I’m okay.” Augustus: “Okay.” (Pause.) “What are you thinking about?” Me: “You.” Augustus: “What about… — John Green Copy Share Image
You are so busy being YOU that you have no idea how utterly unprecedented you are. — John Green Copy Share Image
. . . Endlessness is a really strange idea in a universe that is defined by its endings. — John Green Copy Share Image
“there she is, and I am watching her through Plexiglas, and she looks like Margo Roth Spiegelman, this girl I have known… — John Green Copy Share Image
The idea is that for ten minutes, we forget that we have feelings. And we forget about protecting ourselves or other people… — John Green Copy Share Image
But it was sure a privilege to love him, huh?" I nodded into his shirt. "Gives you an idea how I feel… — John Green Copy Share Image
Like, in general I think people have very complicated reasons for wanting things, and we often have no idea whether we’re actually… — John Green Copy Share Image
I don't know where people got the idea that characters in books a supposed to be likable. Books are not in the… — John Green Copy Share Image
Okay, maybe I'm not such a shitty writer. But I can't pull my ideas together, Van Houten. My thoughts are stars I… — John Green Copy Share Image
Writing, or at least good writing, is an outgrowth of that urge to use language to communicate complex ideas and experiences between… — John Green Copy Share Image
I always had this idea that you should never give up a happy middle in the hopes of a happy ending, because… — John Green Copy Share Image
But to be perfectly frank, this childish idea that the author of a novel has some special insight into the characters in… — John Green Copy Share Image
You know how we make a Scotch and water in this home?" "No, sir," Gus said. "We pour Scotch into a glass… — John Green Copy Share Image
Getting you a date to prom is so hard that the hypothetical idea itself is used to cut diamonds. — John Green Copy Share Image
The fourth way to get a boy to like you is to be yourself. Now, I am contractually obligated as an adult… — John Green Copy Share Image
Because it's kind of great, being an idea that everybody likes. But I could never be the idea to myself, not all… — John Green Copy Share Image
Getting you a date to prom is so hard that the hypothetical idea itself is actually used to cut diamonds. Ben, getting… — John Green Copy Share Image
Do you know what your problem is? You can't live with the idea that someone might leave. — John Green Copy Share Image
I was not religious, but I liked rituals. I liked the idea of connecting an action with remembering. — John Green Copy Share Image
Because it's kind of great, being an idea that everybody likes. But I could never be the idea to myself, not all… — John Green Copy Share Image
Getting you a date to prom is so hard that the hypothetical idea itself is actually used to cut diamonds," I added.… — John Green Copy Share Image
I do my precalc homework, and then when I'm done I actually sit with the textbook for like three hours and try… — John Green Copy Share Image
Issac:"I dislike living in a world without Augustus Waters." Computer: "I don't understand-" Issac: "Me neither. Pause — John Green Copy Share Image
She smiled with all the delight of a kid on Christmas morning and said, "Y'all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die." -… — John Green Copy Share Image
Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Traffic's not too bad on Sheridan, and I'm cornering the car like it's the Indy 500, and we're listening to my favorite NMH song,… — John Green Copy Share Image
So I was ugly. I was never fat, really, and I never wore headgear or had zits or anything. But I was ugly. I… — John Green Copy Share Image
“said to him quietly, as if I couldn’t hear or something. Dad was about to respond but I interrupted.” — John Green Copy Share Image
I believe humans have souls, and I believe in the conservation of souls. — John Green Copy Share Image
