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When it works, anticipation is far more fulfilling than surprise, because we are reminded that a sunrise is precisely as magnificent as it is inevitable. — John Green
Like everyone, I'm saddened and horrified by this. All I'll say is that I'm personally trying to pay more attention to the victims than to… — John Green
By far the best cure for hangovers is not drinking excessively the night before.This cure has a 100% success rate, and as you save the… — John Green
Nothing (at least that can be done by humans) immortalizes anyone. The Fault in Our Stars will hopefully have a long and wonderful life, but… — John Green
What is an "instant" death anyway? How long is an instant? Is it one second? Ten? The pain of those seconds must have been awful… — John Green
"Patience, grasshopper," I counseled. "You don't want to seem overeager." "Right, that's why I said tomorrow," he said. "I want to see you again tonight.… — John Green
Gus: "It tastes like..." Me: "Food." Gus: "Yes, precisely. It tastes like food, excellently prepared. But it does not taste, how do I put this… — John Green
Frankly, I kind of want you to be haunted by the unansweredness of the question, because I think being haunted by such things is a… — John Green
"And how are you feeling?" asked Patrick."Oh, I'm grand." Augustus Waters smiled with a corner of his mouth. "I'm on a roller coaster that only… — John Green
You don't want romantic advice from me, you want romantic advice from Edward Cullen. I completely understand but he is completely unavailable right now and… — John Green
But pizza was originally Italian, although, Italian pizza doesn't taste much like this because this pizza is fortified with sodium. Which is a mineral...or a… — John Green
Real gangster-ass Nerdfighters don't run from nothing... 'cause real gangster-ass Nerdfighters can't run fast. — John Green
According to the conventions of the genre, Augustus Waters kept his sense of humor till the end, did not for a moment waiver in his… — John Green
I love being in cities with lots of other people, because I'm reminded that there are billions of people like me, and we are each… — John Green
One of the reasons that metaphor and symbolism are important in books is because they are also important to life. Like, for example say you're… — John Green
"Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will," she says. The sky is like a monochromatic contemporary painting, drawing me in with its illusion of… — John Green
...I will continue to underscore that I don't think authorial intent is all that important to a reading experience, and I certainly don't think the… — John Green
Okay, maybe I'm not such a shitty writer. But I can't pull my ideas together, Van Houten. My thoughts are stars I can't fathom into… — John Green
Truth defies simplicity. — John Green
Books are seldom useful unless they are also beautiful. — John Green
In general-like not just in fiction but in life-it doesn't work out well when someone imagines someone else as a manic pixie dream girl or… — John Green
It is a good life, Hazel Grace. — John Green
That is, to me at least, one of the most helpful and useful things books do for us: They are generous enough to allow us… — John Green
The private detective of fiction is a fantastic creation who acts and speaks like a real man. He can be completely realistic in every sense… — Raymond Chandler
Real success comes in small portions day by day. You need to take pleasure in life's daily little treasures. It is the most important thing… — Denis Waitley

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