Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and theyโll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.
John GreenAnd then we were kissing. My hand let go of the oxygen cart and I reached up for his neck, and he pulled me up by my waist onto my tiptoes. As his parted lips met mine, I started to feel breathless in a new and fascinating way. The space around us evaporated, and for a weird moment I really liked my body, this cancer-ruined thing I'd spent years dragging around suddenly seemed worth the struggle, worth the chest tubes and PICC lines and the ceaseless bodily betrayal of the tumors.
John GreenPeter Van Houten was the only person Iโd ever come across who seemed to (a) understand what itโs like to be dying, and (b) not have died.
John GreenThe French verb aimer has two meanings. And thatโs why he liked her, and loved her. She spoke to him in a language that, no matter how hard you studied it, could not be completely understood.
John Green