All along โ not only since she left, but for a decade before โ I had been imagining her without listening, without knowing that she made as a poor a window as I did. And so I could not imagine her as a person who could feel fear, who could feel isolated in a roomful of people, who could be shy about her record collection because it was too personal to share. Someone who might have read travel books to escape having to live in the town that so many people escape to. Someone who โ because no one thought she was a person โ had no one to really talk to.
John GreenAnd it was just the three of us - three bodies and two people - the three who knew what had happened and too many layers between all of us too much keeping us from one another.
John GreenWhile I did not fancy myself a particularly good person, I never thought my first real sexual action would be prostitutional.
John GreenWhat I eventually realized is that the real business of books is not done by awards committees or people who turn trees into paper or editors or agents or even writers. We're all just facilitators. The real business is done by readers.
John GreenSo itโs your death suit.โ โCorrect. Donโt you have a death outfit?โ โYeah,โ I said. โItโs a dress I bought for my fifteenth birthday party. But I donโt wear it on dates.โ His eyes lit up. โWeโre on a date?โ he asked. I looked down, feeling bashful. โDonโt push it.
John Green