#august

You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful.”- Hazel, the Fault in Our Stars ↗

— John Green

#forever #hazel #heartfelt #love #love

He shook his head, just looking at me. "What?" I asked. "Nothing," he said. "Why are you looking at me like that?" Augustus half smiled. "Because you're beautiful. I enjoy looking at beautiful people, and I decided a while ago not to deny myself the simpler pleasures of existence. ↗

— John Green

#hazel-grace #beauty

In my opinion, actual heroism, like actual love, is a messy, painful, vulnerable business—and I wanted to try to reflect that. ↗

— John Green

#green #hero #heroism #john #waters

He specialized in the murder of dreams, Hazel Grace... ↗

— John Green

#hazel-grace #humor #dreams

It lit up like a Christmas Tree Hazel Grace... ↗

— John Green

#cancer #pain #sad #sorrow #sorrowful

My thoughts are stars I can't fathom into constellations. ↗

— John Green

#the-fault-in-our-stars #water

Where is my chance to be somebody's Peter Van Houten?' He hit the steering wheel weakly, the car honking as he cried. He leaned his head back, looking up. 'I hate myself I hate myself I hate this I hate this I disgust myself I hate it I hate it I hate it just let me fucking die. ↗

— John Green

#depressing #peter-van-houten #sad #the-fault-in-our-stars #weakness

In August most of Europe goes on holiday. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#europe #goes #holiday #most

Not every religion has to have St. Augustine's attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone present knows what is going to happen that night, but that doesn't prevent it being a religious ceremony. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#augustine #being #celebrated #ceremony #church

Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#ignorance #prayer