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
You can't just make yourself matter and then die, Alaska, because now I am irretrievably different.. — John Green Copy Share Image
Ultimately, it doesn't matter if the author intended a symbol to be there, because the job of reading is not to understand… — John Green Copy Share Image
And he found himself thinking that maybe stories don't just make us matter to each other - maybe they're also the only… — John Green Copy Share Image
No matter how hard you kick, no matter how high you get, you can't go all the way around. — John Green Copy Share Image
Even if it’s a dumb story, telling it changes people just the slightest little bit, just as living the story changes me.… — John Green Copy Share Image
I realized it in waves and we held on to each other crying and I thought, God we must look so lame,… — John Green Copy Share Image
We got off at the next exit, quietly, and, switching drivers, we walked in front of the car. We met and I… — John Green Copy Share Image
Patients are almost always preceded by their parents, because no matter how fast an ambulance can drive, terrified parents can drive faster. — John Green Copy Share Image
I feel like, like, how you matter is defined by the things that matter to you. You matter as much as the… — John Green Copy Share Image
You can't just make yourself matter and then die, Alaska, because now I am irretrievably different, and I'm sorry I let you… — John Green Copy Share Image
But there are a thousand ways to look at it: maybe the strings break, or maybe our ship s sink, or maybe… — John Green Copy Share Image
“I do not believe that she was only matter. The rest of her must be recycled, too. I believe now that we… — John Green Copy Share Image
I still think that maybe the "afterlife" is just something we made up to ease the pain of loss, to make our… — John Green Copy Share Image
Whether the author intended a symbolic resonance to exist in her book is irrelevant. All that matters is whether it's there. Because… — John Green Copy Share Image
The challenge is the same whether or not I'm collaborating: to empathize with your reader and to tell a story that will… — John Green Copy Share Image
There's some people in this world who you can just love and love and love no matter what. — John Green Copy Share Image
Reading with an eye towards metaphor allows us to become the person we’re reading about, while reading about them. That’s why there… — John Green Copy Share Image
The French verb aimer has two meanings. And that’s why he liked her, and loved her. She spoke to him in a… — John Green Copy Share Image
One swing set, well worn but structurally sound, seeks new home. Make memories with your kid or kids so that someday he… — John Green Copy Share Image
I could try to pretend that I didn't care anymore, but it could never be true again. You can't just make yourself… — John Green Copy Share Image
We don't suffer from a shortage of metaphors . . . But you have to be careful which metaphor you choose, because it matters. — John Green Copy Share Image
I just want to do something that matters. Or be something that matters. I just want to matter. — John Green Copy Share Image
It doesn’t matter how long we’ve used something; all that matters is how awesome the thing replacing it is. MP3s and automobiles… — John Green Copy Share Image
Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd… — John Green Copy Share Image
That is, to me at least, one of the most helpful and useful things books do for us: They are generous enough… — John Green Copy Share Image
I've lived here for eighteen years and I have never once in my life come across anyone who cares about anything that… — John Green Copy Share Image
You matter as much as the things that matter to you. And I got so backwards trying to matter to him. All… — 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
