"In general-like not just in fiction but in……" — 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 an Edward Cullen or anything other than a full, complex human being. That said, while I've tried to reflect that in my books, I don't think I've always succeeded, because I am always running up against my own insufficiencies and biases etc."

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More Always Running Quotes

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As long as we're caught up in always looking for certainty and happiness, rather than honoring the taste and smell… — Pema Chodron
A strong theme is always running through a well-told story, — Andrew Stanton
Until we know that we can bear the unbearable, we're always running scared. — Ram Dass
Girls are always running through my mind. They don't dare walk. — Andy Gibb
Failure is what we're all running from, we're always running toward success with failure at our back. — Natalie Goldberg
I take my dog, Fideo, out for a hike in Runyon Canyon three times a week. It's about 45 minutes… — Ana Ortiz
The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up. — William Hazlitt
If I'm free, it's because I'm always running. — Jimi Hendrix
The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it,… — Anais Nin
Love you always, miss you always... running day and night, leaving the place of sun and moon, of ice and… — Jessica Day George
What it comes down to is, Kiss has always been a beast that has this tendency to run wild, and… — Paul Stanley
My dad was a big runner. Growing up, I watched him do half marathons, and he was always running six… — Natalie Morales

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