I realized that all my life, my values were based upon typical middle-class American values: hard work, doing good, living well, owning things, following the rules & being the best I can be... but God clearly says, "those are not MY values. I value justice, mercy & humility.
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 GreenWhy donโt we break up? I guess I stay with her because she stays with me. And thatโs not an easy thing to do.
John GreenGetting a lifeโ is something only a complete idiot could believe. Like you can just drive to a store and get a life. See it in its shiny box and look inside the plastic window and catch a glimpse of yourself in a new life and say, โWow, I look much happier โ I think this is the life I need to get!โ, take it to the counter, ring it up, put it on your credit card. If getting a life was that easy, weโd be one blissed-out race.
John Green