It is so hard to leaveโuntil you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.
John GreenWere she better or you sicker, then the stars would not be so terribly crossed, but it is the nature of the stars to cross.
John GreenThe book was turned to the page with Anne Frank's name, but what got me about it was the fact that right beneath her name there were four Aron Franks. FOUR. Four Aron Franks without museums, without historical markers, without anyone to mourn them. I silently resolved to remember and pray for the four Aron Franks as long as I was around.
John GreenI think that most of us [writers] would rather have an audience than countless riches. If we wanted to be rich, we'd be doing smething else.
John GreenLet us go, through certain half-deserted streets, / The muttering retreats / Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels / And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: / Streets that follow like a tedious argument / Of insidious intent / To lead you to an overwhelming question.../ Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?' / Let us go and make our visit"' 'I'm in love with you,' he said quietly.
John Green