You do not immortalize the lost by writing about them. Language buries, but does not resurrect.
John GreenAdult librarians are like lazy bakers: their patrons want a jelly doughnut, so they give them a jelly doughnut. Childrenโs librarians are ambitious bakers: 'You like the jelly doughnut? Iโll get you a jelly doughnut. But you should try my cruller, too. My cruller is gonna blow your mind, kid.
John GreenDon't lie to anyone, but particularly don't lie to millennials. They just know. They can smell it. Be yourself: if you're old, be old. If you don't know anything about pop culture, don't pretend to know anything about pop culture. When you credit teenagers with intelligence and emotional sophistication, they respond intelligently and with emotional sophistication.
John Green