Truth Quotes by John Green

Stupid truth, always resisting simplicity

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Truth resists simplicity.

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Truth defies simplicity.

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“But that's a lie, and you know it.”

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“Damn truth, always resisting simplicity.”

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“The truth resists simplicity.”

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Love is tied to truth.

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“You know what sucks about love? That it’s so tied to truth.”

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“if you don’t say the honest thing, sometimes the honest thing never becomes true.”

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If you don't say the honest thing, it never becomes true.

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“in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.”

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“The truth is that it hurts because it's real-it hurts because it mattered.”

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So I wasn't lying, exactly. I was just choosing among truths.

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“I just think if you don't say the honest thing, sometimes the honest thing never becomes true, you know, and I-”

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“Amsterdam is a city if sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.”

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“The thing about dead people,” he said, and then stopped himself. “The thing is you sound like a bastard if you don’t…

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Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most…

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Lies are attempts to hide the truth by willfully denying facts. Fiction, on the other hand, is an attempt to reveal the…

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“He was looking for the most hurtful way to tell the truth, but of course I already knew the truth.”

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The truth is that in our lives we are all going to encounter questions that should be answered, that deserve to be…

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“The thing about dead people... The thing is you sound like a bastard if you don't romanticize them, but the truth is...…

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“Hazel is different. She walks lightly, old man. She walks lightly upon the earth. Hazel knows the truth: we're as likely to…

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“When observation fails to align with a truth, what do you trust--your senses or your truth? The Greeks didn't even have a…

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“Sometimes people don’t understand the promises they’re making when they make them,” I said. Isaac shot me a look. “Right, of course.…

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I hated hurting him. Most of the time, I could forget about it, but the inexorable truth is this: They might be…

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One of the pitfalls of writing about illness is that it is very easy to imagine people with cancer as either these…

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“But this was the truth, a pitiful boy who desperately wanted not to be pitiful, screaming and crying, poisoned by an infected…

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“But the truth is that I had never wanted him to kiss me, not in the way you are supposed to want…

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“What the hell is instant ? Nothing is instant. Instant rice takes five minutes, instant pudding an hour. I doubt that an…

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And I don't really have anyone upon whom I want to rain down my wrath," I said, because in truth I didn't.…

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One swing set, well worn but structurally sound, seeks new home. Make memories with your kid or kids so that someday he…

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I think one of the most important differences between us is that you are excellent at living in a way that is…

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“You hear a lot about the benefits of insanity or whatever - like, Dr. Karen Singh had once told me this Edgar…

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The pure and simple truth Is rarely pure and never simple. What's a boy to do When lies and truth are both…

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The truth hurts because it's real. It hurts because it mattered. And that's an important thing to acknowledge to yourself.

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“For some reason, I wanted to tell him the truth. “Whether it hurts is kind of irrelevant.” “That’s a pretty good life…

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“That’s what I believe. I believe the universe wants to be noticed. I think the universe is improbably biased toward consciousness, that…

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“To tell you the truth, I prefer just your average, run-of-the-mill, everyday jackass with his glass-eyed, slack-jawed obliviousness to the guys who…

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The idea is that for ten minutes, we forget that we have feelings. And we forget about protecting ourselves or other people…

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