Like, in general I think people have very complicated reasons for wanting things, and we often have no idea whether weโre actually motivated by altruism or a desire to hook up or a search for answers or what. I always get annoyed when in books or movies characters want clear things for clear reasons, because my experience of humanness is that I always want messy things for messy reasons.
John GreenThere were five others before they got to him. He smiled a little when his turn came. His voice was low, smoky, and dead sexy. โMy name is Augustus Waters,โ he said. โIโm seventeen. I had a little touch of osteosarcoma a year and a half ago, but Iโm just here today at Isaacโs request.โ โAnd how are you feeling?โ asked Patrick. โOh, Iโm grand.โ Augustus Waters smiled with a corner of his mouth. โIโm on a roller coaster that only goes up, my friend.
John GreenWhat do you mean by meant? Given the final futility of our struggle, is the fleeting jolt of meaning that art gives us valuable? Or is it the only value passing time as comfortably as possible?
John Green