John Green
John Green
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth24 August 1977
CountryUnited States of America
should-have long lasts
Everybody should have true love, and it should last at least as long as your life does.
should-have done four
It was not an eventful day. I should have done extraordinary things. I should have sucked the marrow out of life. But on that day, I slept eighteen hours out of a possible twenty-four.
should-have should let-her-go
If I had cared about her as I should have, as I thought I did, how could I have let her go?
tongue should sunscreen
Ben's tongue is like sunscreen...It's good for your health and should be applied liberally.
encounters truth-is should
The truth is that in our lives we are all going to encounter questions that should be answered, that deserve to be answered, and yet prove unanswerable.
moments easier should
The preciousness of the moment, which should make it easier to talk, makes it harder.
powerful tongue should
The human tongue is like wasabi: it's very powerful, and should be used sparingly.
argument books carefully great instead ipad offers people places pleasures process publishers readers reading value writers
I think instead writers and publishers and readers need to go to the places where people are, and make the argument that there is great value to the quiet, contemplative process of reading a novel, that reading great books carefully offers pleasures and consolations that no iPad app ever can.
bit good quality strange stuff
It does have a kind of byzantine quality to it. There is a good bit of strange stuff going on.
birthday loves party wrapped
We had a party, a Father's Day party, going-away party and daughter's birthday party all wrapped up in one, ... He was great; the thing of it is he loves kids.
cities people towns
I'm in love with cities I've never been to and people I've never met.
fun sadness gone
The times that were most fun seemed always to be followed by sadness now, because it was when life started to feel like it did when she was with us that we realized how utterly gone she was.
smoking too-much cheetahs
I ran like a cheetah - well, like a cheetah that smoked too much.
broadcast emotions held personal registered took
She took it in, and I could tell it really registered with her. But she held her personal emotions to get the broadcast on the air.