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Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.


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JOHN GREEN The pigs can't stop the fox; I'm too quick,' Takumi said to himself. "I can rhyme while I run; I'm t...
JOHN GREEN I’m just scared of ghosts, Pudge. And home is full of them.
JOHN GREEN You can't just make me different and then leave
JOHN GREEN She has great breasts," the Colonel said without looking up from the whale.
"DO NOT OBJECTIFY W...
JOHN GREEN But why Alaska?' I asked her.

'Well, later, I found out what it means. It's from an Aleut...
JOHN GREEN Right, well, he'd been sick for a while and his nurse said to him, 'You seem to be feeling better th...
JOHN GREEN I'm really not up for answering any questions that start with how, when, where, why or what.
JOHN GREEN You're funny, and you're smart, and you may show up late, but you always show up eventually.
JOHN GREEN I have a great affection for people who are intellectually engaged with the world, and who don’t t...
JOHN GREEN I've never known before what it feels like to want someone - not to want to hook up with them or wha...
JOHN GREEN There's a stark difference between the words 'prodigy' and 'genius.' Prodigies can very quickly lear...
JOHN GREEN Why is being a nerd bad? Saying I notice you’re a nerd is like saying, ‘Hey, I notice that you�...
JOHN GREEN I wanted us to have an adventure. Because I love that crap. Because I'm not whatever-her-name-is. I ...
JOHN GREEN If my public existence does anything worthwhile, hopefully it at least demystifies the author a bit,...
JOHN GREEN If people were like rain, I was like drizzle and she was a hurricane.
JOHN GREEN I do not say goodbye. I believe that's one of the bullshitiest words ever invented. It's not like yo...
JOHN GREEN Do you know what your problem is? You can't live with the idea that someone might leave.
JOHN GREEN Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will
JOHN GREEN I responded to this development with the kind of sophisticated language for which I am famous. "Crap...
JOHN GREEN