Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine wh…

John Green
1254 citations
Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea that made-up stories can matter, which is sort of the foundational assumption of our species. ✨ John Green (2012). The Fault in Our Stars, p.200, Penguin UK
Reading Thought Truth
3

More Author Quotes

The marks humans leave are too often scars. You build a hideous minimall or start a coup or try to become a rock star and you'll think they'll remember me now, but (a) they don't remember you, and (b … ▶
Support Group featured a rotating cast of characters in various states of tumor-driven unwellness. Why did the cast rotate? A side effect of dying. ✨ John Green (2008). Looking for Alaska, p.169, Pen … ▶
I think if you went back to the eighteenth century and you asked a fifteen year old boy, 'Would you like to marry a woman who has had plastic bags needlessly inserted into her breasts?', that fifteen … ▶
He puts the killing thing in his mouth but doesn't give it the power to kill him. ✨ John Green (2012). The Fault in Our Stars, p.146, Penguin
The idea is that for ten minutes, we forget that we have feelings. And we forget about protecting ourselves or other people and we just say the truth. For ten minutes. And then we can go back to bein … ▶

Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea that made-up stories can matter, which is sort of the foundational assumption of our species. ✨ John Green (2012). The Fault in Our Stars, p.200, Penguin UK

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes