All the characters are made out of words. With reading, I understand that the people aren't real but the fact that they are made out of language and are made out of words is extremely powerful to me. It becomes transformative for me. Different people have different ways of trying to make stories using language.
John GreenBut I was not in the band, because I suffer from the kind of tone deafness that is generally associated with actual deafness
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 GreenI was struck by an awful thought, the kind that cannot be taken back once it escapes into the open air of consciousness; it seemed to me that this was not a place you go to live. It was a place you go to die.
John Green