Witness also that when we talk about literature, we do so in the present tense. When we speak of the dead, we are not so kind.
John GreenI believe in hope, in what is something called โradical hope.โ I believe there is hope for all of us, even amid the suffering. And thatโs why I write fiction, probaby. Itโs my attempt to keep that fragile strand of radical hope, to buld a fire in the darkness.r
John GreenIn the ensuing silence, I have time to contemplate the word cuteโ how dismissive it is, how itโs the equivalent of calling someone little, how it makes a person into a baby, how the word is a neon sign burning through the dark reading, โFeel Bad About Yourself.
John GreenDad had a sign of his own. MY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, it read, and then underneath that (AND GUS).
John Green