Sexuality is important, but it's certainly not the most interesting or important thing happening to you right now. We live in a world that tells us that there are only two important things. One is the acquisition of goods and the other is either the acquisition or avoidance of sex, but it turns out that the question of who's a virgin and who's a virgout is not the most interesting question.
John GreenWe are all going, I thought, and it applies to turtles and turtlenecks, Alaska the girl and Alaska the place, because nothing can last, not even the earth itself. The Buddha said that suffering was caused by desire, we'd learned, and that the cessation of desire meant the cessation of suffering. When you stopped wishing things wouldn't fall apart, you'd stop suffering when they did.
John GreenI tried--I swear I tried. But you didn't want to hear what I was saying, and I used that as an excuse to let it go on.
John GreenColin had always preferred baths; one of his general policies in life was never to do anything standing up that could just as easily be done lying down
John GreenCollin Singleton could no more stay cool than a blue whale could stay skinny or Bangladesh could stay rich
John Green