In the end the listening exposes you even more than it exposes the people you're trying to listen to.
John GreenI finally found something that can stop the fox. The fox cannot summit Strawberry Hill.โ - Takumi
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 GreenThere's not a lot of room for un-ironic emotion in contemporary culture. I think that irony is an important tool in dealing with the world as we find it. It's a tool of protection, but it can also be a tool of incision to get to some truth. But along the way maybe we've lost some of what I think of as the power of straightforward emotion and earnestness and seriousness.
John Green