"Given the final futility of our struggle, is……" — John Green

"Given the final futility of our struggle, is the fleeting jolt of meaning that art gives us valuable? Or is the only value in passing the time as comfortable as possible? What should a story seek to emulate, Augustus? A ringing alarm? A call to arms? A morphine drip? Of course, like all interrogation of the universe, this line of inquiry inevitably reduces us to asking what it means to be human and whether—to borrow a phrase from the angst-encumbered sixteeen-year-olds you no doubt revile—there is a point to it all."

Alarm Quotes Alarms Quotes All Quotes Angst Quotes Arms Quotes Art Quotes Art Gives Quotes Asking Quotes Augustus Quotes Borrow Quotes Call Quotes Comfortable Quotes Course Quotes Course Like Quotes Doubt Quotes Drip Quotes Emulate Quotes Encumbered Quotes Final Quotes Final Futility Quotes Finals Quotes Fleeting Quotes Fleeting Jolt Quotes From Quotes Futility Quotes Given Quotes Gives Quotes Gives Us Quotes Giving Quotes Human Quotes Humans Quotes Inevitably Quotes Inquiry Quotes Interrogation Quotes Jolt Quotes Line Quotes Lines Quotes Mean Quotes Meaning Quotes Means Quotes Morphine Quotes Morphine Drip Quotes Olds Quotes Only Quotes Our Struggle Quotes Passing Quotes Passings Quotes Phrase Quotes Phrases Quotes Point Quotes Possible Quotes Reduces Quotes Reduces Us Quotes Revile Quotes Ringing Quotes Ringing Alarm Quotes Seek Quotes Should Quotes Stories Quotes Story Quotes Struggle Quotes Time Quotes Universe Quotes Us Quotes Valuable Quotes Value Quotes Values Quotes What It Means To Be Human Quotes Whether Quotes Year Quotes Year Olds Quotes Years Quotes

1,321 Quotes by John Green

John Green has 1,321 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 1,321 quotes by John Green »

More Alarm Quotes

This quote is filed under Alarm Quotes, one of 301 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm. — Elizabeth Bowen
Your body tells you what it needs, and if you sleep past your alarm on a Saturday morning, it's probably… — Sophia Bush
Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife… — William Lloyd Garrison
Get out of control, but appear under control. It?s not bad to alarm other people, though ? it?s good for… — Hunter S. Thompson
It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be… — James Madison
We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm. — Nicolas Chamfort
It is easy to be swept away by some overwhelming feeling, so it's helpful to remember that any stressful feeling… — Byron Katie
That's the purpose of stress. It's a friend. It's an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it's… — Byron Katie
God incarnate is the end of fear; and the heart that realizes that, realizes that he is in the midst,… — F B Meyer
Men do not like to admit to even momentary imperfection. My husband forgot the code to turn off the alarm.… — Rita Rudner
I have been trying to point out that in our lives chance may have an astonishing influence and, if I… — Alexander Fleming
I don't need an alarm clock. My ideas wake me. — Ray Bradbury

See all 301 Alarm Quotes »