And I can't help but feel that Whitman, for all his blustering beauty, might have been just a bit too optimistic. We can hear others, and we can travel to them without moving, and we can imagine them, and we are all connected one to the other by a crazy root system like so many leaves of grass - but the game makes me wonder whether we can really ever fully become one another.
("Paper Towns")
More Quotes from John Green:
His every syllable flirted. Honestly, he kind of turned me on. I didn't even know that guys could turn me on-not, like, in real lifeJohn Green
I fear your faith has been mis- placed-but then, faith usually is.
John Green
We landed, in fact, parallel to a canal, like there were two runways: one for us and one for waterfowl.
John Green
The Catholic hierarchy has become more conservative. What we don't know is whether Catholic voters will become increasingly conservative, or ... stay swing voters.
John Green
This group is preaching to the choir and not to the whole church yet. That's a real challenge that they face, how to broaden their message to other groups.
John Green
When you leave a place, it's best to leave.
John Green
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Beauty QuotesBased on Keywords: blustering
If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.
Norman Vincent Peale
I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it.
Eden Phillpotts
In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may not be literally what's going on, but it's representative.
Annie Leibovitz