Quotes by John Green

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I just want to do something that matters. Or something that matters. I just want to matter.

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And in that space, Colin thought, there was room enough to reinvent himself--room enough to make himself into something other than a prodigy, to remake his story better and different--room enough to reborn again and again and again.If Colin learned o...

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I feel like, like, how you matter is defined by the things that matter to you. You matter as much as the things that matter to you do. And I got so backwards, trying to make myself matter to him. All this time, there were real things to care about: r...

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And then it was the kind of dark your eyes never adjust to.

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... Their sneak-out was over. But by then it was too late. In his mind, Katherine I was already becoming Katherine XIX. She would soon retake the throne that, all along, had rightfully been hers.

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He wanted to draw out the moment before the moment- because as good as kissing feels, nothing feels as good as the anticipation of it.

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Do you know what your problem is? You can't live with the idea that someone might leave.

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Do you ever wonder whether people would like you more or less if they could see inside you? But I always wonder about that. If people could see me the way I see myself—if they could live in my memories—would anyone, anyone, love me?

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You can love someone so much… But you can never love someone as much as you miss them.

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Right, except I'm not going to lie to my mom, because what kind of bastard lies to his own mother?

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That brief walk was one of those moments he knew he'd remember and look back on, one of those moments that he'd try to capture in the stories he told. Nothing was happening, really, but the moment was thick with mattering. [p214]

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Words are not static.Language shape our memories, and it is also shaped by our memories.

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...the best way to get people to like you is not to like them too much - Lindsey to Colin, ch.14

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How you matter is defined by the things that matter to you. You matter as much as the things that matter to you do.

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You and me will read a book and find three interesting things that we remember. But Colin finds everything intriguing. He reads a book about presidents and he remembers more of it because everything he reads clicks in his head as fugging interesting.

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Dumpers are not inherently worse than Dumpees-breaking up isn't something that gets done to you; it's something that happens with you.

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Uh-uh, dude. I tried it your way with the dating and the girls and the kissing and the drama, and man, I didn't like it. Plus, my best friend is a walking cautionary tale of what happens to you when romantic relationships don't involve marriage. Like...

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—¿Por eso lees ? Lindsey asintió. —Sí, exacto. En alemán hay una palabra para eso. La tengo en la punta de... — —dijo Collin. «Encontrar placer en la desgracia ajena».

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...stories don’t just make us matter to each other—maybe they’re also the only way to the infinite mattering he’d been after for so long.

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Whenever I'm asked what advice I have for young writers, I always say that the first thing is to read, and to read a lot. The second thing is to write. And the third thing, which I think is absolutely vital, is to tell stories and listen closely to t...

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