John Green

High school is neither a democracy nor a dictatorship - nor, contrary to popular belief, an anarchic state. High school is a divine-right monarchy. And when the queen goes on vacation, things change. ↗

— John Green

#system #change

I love you present tense. ↗

— John Green

#john-green #the-fault-in-our-stars #love

But I was not in the band, because I suffer from the kind of tone deafness that is generally associated with actual deafness ↗

— John Green

#music #humor

Dear Teens at Starbucks wearing 'Abstain from Sex 2 Attain Ur Goals' t-shirts: Doesn't it depend on what my goals are? ↗

— John Green

#humor #teens #twitter #humor

How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" to a margin note written in her loop-heavy cursive: Straight & Fast. ↗

— John Green

#wise

I have never really thought of him as a person, either.... A guy whose strings were broken, who didn’t feel the root of his leaves of grass connected to the field, a guy who was cracked. Like me. ↗

— John Green

#connection

Augustus: "I can still dominate your blind ass at Counterinsurgence," Isaac: "I'm pretty sure all asses are blind, ↗

— John Green

#blind #isaac #the-fault-in-our-stars #the-fault-in-our-stars

Hazel: "God, you're the best," Augustus: "I bet you say that to all the boys who finance your international travel. ↗

— John Green

#hazel-grace #the-fault-in-our-stars #the-fault-in-our-stars

I always had this idea that you should never give up a happy middle in the hopes of a happy ending, because there is no such thing as a happy ending. Do you know what I mean? There is so much to lose ↗

— John Green

#life #risks #life

I went on spouting bullshit Encouragements as Gus's parents, arm in arm, hugged each other and nodded at every word. Funerals, I had decided, are for the living. ↗

— John Green

#funerals #mourning #death