The Romans knew it: quod me alit me extinguit, they said: That which nourishes me, extinguishes me.
John GreenTiny, the next time that you try to set me up with a girl with a secret boyfriend can you at least INFORM me that she has a secret boyfriend? Also, if you don't call me back within five minutes, I'm going to assume you found a way back to Evanston. Furthermore, you are an asshat. That is all.
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 GreenThe marks humans leave are too often scars. You build a hideous minimall or start a coup or try to become a rock star and you'll think "they'll remember me now," but (a) they don't remember you, and (b) all you leave behind are more scars. Your coup becomes a dictatorship. Your minimall becomes a lesion.
John Green