John Green Quotes

Well, we lost it, and that’s all there is to that.

You do not defend a world that is already lost.

The more you lose, the more is to be lost, yet it matters less.

You have nothing to lose. You had nothing to begin with.

Never say of anything I have lost it, only say that I have given it back.

There is nothing you can do about it but sit back and watch.

My sweetest hope is to lose hope.

The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it.

You can't break what's broken already.

I don't believe in expending energy on something you can't do anything about. If there was some easy way of fixing things, I'd probably do it.

It seems as if life and hope must cease together.

All hope of remedy is considered vain

With situations that you have no power over, there is no point in worrying about one thing or another. Why think about things that you can't control?

shane:do we have a choice michael:dont think so shane:then screw im gitting tired lets go get eaten.at least then i can get some sleep

There is no choice for him but to believe. He has nothing left to give in offering.

The nice thing about true hopelessness is that you don't have to try again.

It is no worse, because I write of it. It would be no better, if I stopped my most unwilling hand. Nothing can undo it; nothing can make it otherwise than as it was.

You should despair and run away.

That's the easy thing about falling: there is only one choice after that.

Cato kneels beside Clove, spear in hand, begging her to stay with him. In a moment, he will realize it's futile, she can't be saved.

Some people are beyond help, just accept that.

Is that all?" she whispered. Gansey closed his eyes. "That's all there is.

With a chance to make it good somehow, hey, what else can we do now? Except roll down the window, and let the wind blow back your hair.

I can only hold on to the things I want to lose.

I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held. Trying to control what cannot be controlled. I am tired of denying myself what I want for fear of breaking things I cannot fix. They will break no matter what we do.