On the bus seat thing: yes, a thousand times yes to John. I'm a recent cancer survivor and while I look like a totally normal healthy person + a dramatic scar on my arm, I actually have waaay less energy and balance than the average 21 year old, so I need seats both so that I can preserve my energy and so that I don't, like, fall on people when the bus/metro car speeds/slows/turns. This leads to super-fun situations like middle-aged people glaring at me because they believe that I am healthy and as people who are older than me, I owe them the seat. Which leads to fun rants about ungrateful youths.
If you don't mind speaking about it, just tell them the truth. If they're at all decent people, they'll stop pestering you, and if they're not then you don't have to feel bad about taking the seat.
On top of the other things, remember what generation left the world in the horrible condition in which yours now receives it. That's right, the "ungrateful youth" ranting generation.
Oh my gosh, yes! I'm lucky enough that I don't have to take public transport often, but I have chronic fatigue and a whole bunch of other invisible illnesses, but I'm 16 and, well, my illnesses are invisible so people assume that pretty much anyone needs the seat more than I do.
BioChemist spell in Greek...(ok Zwitterion is German, which sounds Greek to me). But anyway, show her the Nerdfighter video where Hank sings the song with the lyrics "But what she thought was a H-2-0 was H-2-S-O-4"
JOHN GREEN I LOVE YOU AND I WAS SO SO SAD AND I USED YOU AS INSPIRATION AND SO I STARTED TO WRITE A BOOK AND IT MADE ME SO HAPPY THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU REALLY HELPED ME AND I LOVED ALL OF YOUR BOOKS JUST THANK YOU
John has been my favorite author for the past three years, after I read the fault in our stars. I read every single book of his and I started loving him a hundred times more than I did. Then one day around two years back I stumbled across this channel and I was just like, "wow" All his videos have a meaning and are deep. They are all amazing and a food for thought. what I mean to say is, I love him and I'm waiting for a new book. x
+vlogbrothers I know you couldn't really solve my problems... but there is one problem I'm sure many of us have had that you COULD solve... whenever you mention another vlogbros vid in a different vid... please put the link to that video in the doobly-doo, even if it was very recent and/or dated and you assume people can find it easily... sometimes we can't. I would love to see the video you are referring to with this video though... and I can't find it. Thank you.
When I'm having a bad day, I think about how John Green would shout-say with delight and awe in response to anything the world throws our way. It always makes me smile.
Hey John, Mr. Green, Sir Greenling Johnser, Almighty Nerdfighter, God of Nerds, The Sitter of The Throne of Awesome, is there any way you like recommend a book every week or something? "This weeks novel is____________!!!!! WOO" Ya know, just to enlighten young aspiring writers such as myself as to from which novels you would like future novelists to draw inspiration? Just a thought.
You know what you should do? Read "Harry Potter and the methods of rationality"!!! It's a fanfic, but a fantastic one! It gives a much deeper understanding of all of the houses, especially those a little missunderstood. Having read it, I'd like to be in Hufflepuff, and that always having been a proud ravenclaw.
John, thank you so much for the Adult Nerdfighter group. Through this group I met a bunch of German nerdfighters and we'll all meet up when you come to Germany. Thanks for being so awesome!!
Can I just say that I think this is incredible? Like the fact that John bothers to read about our problems and go out of his way to find solutions and LINKS to the solutions. It's just, so much love is oozing out from this video and I'm drowning in it agh
The ragged claws line is my favorite, too....although I'm pretty sure it's everyone's favorite, and if it isn't, it should be! I also like "Do I dare/ Disturb the Universe?/ In a minute there is time / For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse" and the whole stanza that begins with "And I have known the eyes already, known them all-/The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase" . Indeed he was a genius! :)
I learned today that it really is much better to participate than to observe, because when you observe you *want* to participate and more often than not there's nothing stopping you from doing so other than yourself.
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for making my day with a reference to my favourite poem of all time. That wee little moment actually occasioned a happy dance in my bedroom.
Today I finished watched all 972 vlogbrothers, in addition to a bunch of videos on extra channels. WOO! Its so nice to finally be able to read a book before you lecture on it.
John is very good at rationalizing problems and talking through them til they don't seem like problems anymore. I get the feeling this skill was developed in response to anxiety. (I have anxiety, and I try to do this as well.)
This has nothing to with this video, but I wanted to say it anyway. On a recent, and very long, car trip, my family and I listened to The Fault in Our Stars via audiobook and it was amazing. I laughed out loud and even though I desperately wanted not to cry in a car full of my family members, I cried. A lot. Anyway, thank you for writing it. It made me think about life and death in a way that I hadn't before, and it made me so grateful to be healthy and mostly happy. Thank you so much.
You just promoted the most awesome writing website there is. I flipped out when you mentioned figment (as I am an active user) causing my brother to wonder what the heck was wrong with his sister. Thank you John Green, Thank You.
My problem is that you temporarily paralyzed my world and destroyed my soul by writing such a beautiful melancholy story. May TFIOS forever be a classic. Damn you John Green.. But well done.
Just remember that you are there to help others, to reach out and let them know that there are people in this world that know they exist and want to help. Remember that you are speaking to people, normal people, each with a different set of circumstances than your own. Think about these people, and you might be inspired enough to shake your fears.
In the middle of this video, I paused, and went to see what Fahrenheit 451 was about. I ordered it as quickly as my internet would allow me! Sounds like a pretty awesome book!
Thank you for that "till human voices wake us and we drown" reference at the end. There's a pretty cool song called Evelyn by Kim Tillman an Silent Films that references it too if you're interested.
You will cry when you read TFiOS. You'll cry a lot and it might even put you into a deep funk for awhile. But you'll learn so many wonderful things about life and fall in love with the characters so much that it's worth it. I think that's the amazing thing about John's books, they model real life so well. You get all this pain thrown at you, but you deal with it anyway because of the things that come along with it.
I think making a list is a great way to fix the problem. Even if it's a few pages long, being able to see the things you want to do instead of having them dance around in your head like sugar plum fairies will make it a lot easier to prioritize and choose the things you want to do most.
You know what? You're right. There's really nothing that makes me feel better than being replied to on UA-cam. So I am going to Participate and make other people's day! Thank you John.
Hey John, just read your latest Tumblr post. I don't tumbl and I'm not going to Vidcon, but I wanted to let you know that you're brave for sharing that and for working so hard to overcome it. Just know that nerdfighteria supports you as much as you support all of us, and you should do whatever will give you the best peace of mind. -Lily
Well, perhaps it was slightly hyperbolic of me to say so, but John making such a clever reference to one of my all-time favourite poems did bring a ridiculous amount of joy to my day and inspired me to write this comment. But no matter, a healthy dose of skepticism is always appreciated in my books.
It is a direct quote from the end of the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot. We read this one in my English class a couple weeks before this video, I was so proud I knew it.
I found a nerdfighter at work! A girl filling in from another store noticed my DFTBA bracelet and we discussed the awesomeness that is John and Hank. It was a huzzah moment.
Thanks John! I just made an account on figment and everyone is so nice and supportive and people post really cool stories and I'm going to spend hours a day hanging out with cool people and quit my job and stop seeing my irl friends and you have ruined my life! It's awesome.
Dear John, myself and my family avidly supported our local book store but it closed last year. Some of my first memories are of events that happened there, or more recently of books that I decided to take a chance on and turned out loving.
It's a reference to T. S. Eliot's "The Love song of J. Alfred Prufrock", specifically the last lines of We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us, and we drown. It's a wonderful Eliot poem to act as an introduction to his writing, but as with all Eliot I heartily recommend having some sort of reader or companion to the text which will explain some of his allusions, as any Eliot poem can be extremely dense with them.
Dear John: Last night, as I was driving my 45 hour commute home from Dr. Phillips, Fl to Winter Park Fl, i was listening to Paper Towns on CD. As the main characters ascend to the top of the Sun Trust building, I drove past the Sun Trust building. As Margo tells Q to exit at Princeton (which by the way is not the appropriate exit to go to college park), I was exiting on Princeton. This was weird. And yet so, so very cool.
I just read your comment and I would like to say that you might not have to go through school without any close friends. I had the same problem as a freshman and sophomore. I'm the kind of person who people walk right past and say hi to out of politeness, but I know they don't particularly like or dislike me. However, this year some people came into the school and I now have two close friends. As high school goes on, you'll find people you fit in with, trust me :)
In regards to your "read Fahrenheit 451" and "buy from local bookstores" advice; I just bought Fahrenheit 451 and ordered Looking For Alaska through my local family owned bookstore, and I can't wait to start them! :)
Haha thank you! I saw your other comment, and I love the last part (well, I love the entire poem), but my favorite bit is: "I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, / And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, / And in short, I was afraid." And, of course, "I should have been a pair of ragged claws / Scuttling across the floors of silent seas." T. S. Eliot was a genius.
Oh, and the thing is that, while I don't doubt that I'm not trusting her as much as I think, the reason why I was upset about him liking him behind my back is bc it seemed liked she didn't trust me. But I understand your point and you're probably right about everything and I appreciate the help.
French The Llama! That was the perfect ending! T.S. Eliot's The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock! Talk about fracking problem solving. John, you just reminded me of why you're my favorite author!
I really want to recommend this video to some of my friends because when you said how its more fun to participate in things instead I just watching...well I don't think they understand that! -Caroline
Bought Fahrenheit two days ago and I was reading it in a coffee shop on the stairs and I kept feeling like I was sitting on staircases inside the book watching the story progress, it was unlike any book experience I've ever had...
One way i found nerdfighters in my area was by leaving nerdfighter notes in John Green books in my local bookstore and my email address. I found 5 nerdfighters near me, one that goes to my school!
On the bus seat thing: yes, a thousand times yes to John. I'm a recent cancer survivor and while I look like a totally normal healthy person + a dramatic scar on my arm, I actually have waaay less energy and balance than the average 21 year old, so I need seats both so that I can preserve my energy and so that I don't, like, fall on people when the bus/metro car speeds/slows/turns. This leads to super-fun situations like middle-aged people glaring at me because they believe that I am healthy and as people who are older than me, I owe them the seat. Which leads to fun rants about ungrateful youths.
On the plus side you're very pretty and have excellent grammar so screw the old people and also screw cancer :)
If you don't mind speaking about it, just tell them the truth. If they're at all decent people, they'll stop pestering you, and if they're not then you don't have to feel bad about taking the seat.
On top of the other things, remember what generation left the world in the horrible condition in which yours now receives it. That's right, the "ungrateful youth" ranting generation.
Oh my gosh, yes! I'm lucky enough that I don't have to take public transport often, but I have chronic fatigue and a whole bunch of other invisible illnesses, but I'm 16 and, well, my illnesses are invisible so people assume that pretty much anyone needs the seat more than I do.
I'd argue that the best home intruder outcome is that they happen to break in while you're having Superman over for tea.
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This cracks me up.
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You mean, while you're having 10 year old Macaulay Culkin over for tea
John you are what is right in this world.
+abby cosset Agreed! :)
I am. But I assume you're referring the guy in the video so...nvm
abby cossette Niceness
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I have a theory that biochemists are bad spellers. My mom has a PhD in biochemistry and has been asking me how to spell restaurant since I was 4.
God I love this, lol.
+Alanna R. Well the only letters they know are A, C, T and G so don't blame them!#dnajoke
Christine *applauds*
lol..great
BioChemist spell in Greek...(ok Zwitterion is German, which sounds Greek to me). But anyway, show her the Nerdfighter video where Hank sings the song with the lyrics "But what she thought was a H-2-0 was H-2-S-O-4"
I found out about ANF (adult nerdfighters) because of this video and now am a moderator of it and we have over 10,000 members!
+Thomas Moloney Funny dat ;) (Leonora)
I have made it a policy to never walk out of a bookstore without a book in hand ;)
SUPPORT THE BOOKSTORES!
That's such a beautiful thing to live by I'M DOING IT
I am adopting that policy!
I wish I had more $ so I could also adopt this policy
I feel like this would lead to a lot of "yeah sure I'm gonna read that sometime" books
*looks at wallet. ummm okay if i shoplift?
JOHN GREEN I LOVE YOU AND I WAS SO SO SAD AND I USED YOU AS INSPIRATION AND SO I STARTED TO WRITE A BOOK AND IT MADE ME SO HAPPY THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU REALLY HELPED ME AND I LOVED ALL OF YOUR BOOKS JUST THANK YOU
niceness is severely underrated
Actually the "ankle-grabbing" thing was a constant phobia of mine that I couldn't shake without medication. This would have seriously helped, though.
For me, It's walking around in the middle of the night and thinking of aliens. I run
John has been my favorite author for the past three years, after I read the fault in our stars. I read every single book of his and I started loving him a hundred times more than I did. Then one day around two years back I stumbled across this channel and I was just like, "wow"
All his videos have a meaning and are deep. They are all amazing and a food for thought.
what I mean to say is, I love him and I'm waiting for a new book. x
I've only read TFioS, I got a bit afraid of his other books being too similar because of Beckie James Brown's criticism.
His other books are really good. I would definitely recommend them to anyone. Which I do frequently.
+vlogbrothers I know you couldn't really solve my problems... but there is one problem I'm sure many of us have had that you COULD solve... whenever you mention another vlogbros vid in a different vid... please put the link to that video in the doobly-doo, even if it was very recent and/or dated and you assume people can find it easily... sometimes we can't. I would love to see the video you are referring to with this video though... and I can't find it. Thank you.
YES. YES YES YES. EVERY TIME. EVERY EFFING TIME
I did his three suggestions (art museum, poetry, amateur bird-watching) on one Saturday afternoon. It was enlightening.
Can you please do a nerdfightastic video on Hufflepuff discrimination? WE DO CARE!
Thumbs up for Charlotte's Web! Love that book, taught my little sister how to read with that book!
Currently marathonning vlogbrothers and so far this is my favorite episode
When I'm having a bad day, I think about how John Green would shout-say with delight and awe in response to anything the world throws our way. It always makes me smile.
There should be an app for finding local book stores.
+Douglas Rau Definitely!
American Booksellers Association has a locator on their website to find indie bookstores around you!
Sadly I live in the UK so it would be no help to me :(
+Douglas Rau Google maps can do that.
Hey John, Mr. Green, Sir Greenling Johnser, Almighty Nerdfighter, God of Nerds, The Sitter of The Throne of Awesome, is there any way you like recommend a book every week or something? "This weeks novel is____________!!!!! WOO" Ya know, just to enlighten young aspiring writers such as myself as to from which novels you would like future novelists to draw inspiration? Just a thought.
Holly shit that was a T. S. Elliot reference I think. It's awesome being able to get nerdy jokes!
***** I actually read that poem in my British literature class last year. otherwise I wouldn't have gotten it.
Thanks for the shout-out for Figment! It's a great site!
My problem is slytherin stereotypicaliztion. Just because some of us are evil doesn't mean we all are. At least not completely...
You know what you should do? Read "Harry Potter and the methods of rationality"!!! It's a fanfic, but a fantastic one! It gives a much deeper understanding of all of the houses, especially those a little missunderstood. Having read it, I'd like to be in Hufflepuff, and that always having been a proud ravenclaw.
Wow Paulinemoke , thanks!
Megan Rose
I know, right?
you all are beautiful!!
ambers rcell THANK YOU I FEEL MUCH BETTER
ambers rcell *wipes ambiguous grease smear across glasses* why thank you~
ambers rcell you're beautiful too :) thanks so much :)
yeah I'm here 2 years later to remind ya'll that you're still beautiful.
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Right now I'm making a skull out of pipe cleaners
To me that seems like an excellent use of time.
pie squared niceness
Adult Nerdfighters was one of the best things that happened to my in 2012
Thanks so much John !
Until the human voices wake you!! Ha!
Hufflepuff don't care
John was louder in 2012. or maybe it was just this video.
People who are excellent at problem solving by using creativity and positive-thinking are always the best.
No offense to Hufflepuffs, but SLYTHERINS RULE
Nah, Ravenclaw's where it's at.
Poppamunz i agree. Ravenclaw all the way.
Gandalf FTW :P
Merlin was a Slytherin. #Slytherinpride
mine are too
John, thank you so much for the Adult Nerdfighter group. Through this group I met a bunch of German nerdfighters and we'll all meet up when you come to Germany. Thanks for being so awesome!!
omygod! i have that stair ankle grabbing problem too! this makes everything better.
Can I just say that I think this is incredible? Like the fact that John bothers to read about our problems and go out of his way to find solutions and LINKS to the solutions. It's just, so much love is oozing out from this video and I'm drowning in it agh
The ragged claws line is my favorite, too....although I'm pretty sure it's everyone's favorite, and if it isn't, it should be! I also like "Do I dare/ Disturb the Universe?/ In a minute there is time / For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse" and the whole stanza that begins with "And I have known the eyes already, known them all-/The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase" . Indeed he was a genius! :)
This is probably the most enthusiastic I've ever seen someone on UA-cam ever. More vlogbrothers!!!!
I've been seing a lot of Kiva commercials lately. I'm glad the message is spreading.
You are a wonderful, smart, and kind human being.
I learned today that it really is much better to participate than to observe, because when you observe you *want* to participate and more often than not there's nothing stopping you from doing so other than yourself.
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for making my day with a reference to my favourite poem of all time. That wee little moment actually occasioned a happy dance in my bedroom.
this is why I love John
THANK YOU for mentioning Figment. It is the whole reason I've gotten better at writing recently.
Today I finished watched all 972 vlogbrothers, in addition to a bunch of videos on extra channels. WOO! Its so nice to finally be able to read a book before you lecture on it.
I noticed that as well. Kudos to you for being able to name the poem and author, I just recognized it.
John is very good at rationalizing problems and talking through them til they don't seem like problems anymore. I get the feeling this skill was developed in response to anxiety. (I have anxiety, and I try to do this as well.)
This has nothing to with this video, but I wanted to say it anyway. On a recent, and very long, car trip, my family and I listened to The Fault in Our Stars via audiobook and it was amazing. I laughed out loud and even though I desperately wanted not to cry in a car full of my family members, I cried. A lot. Anyway, thank you for writing it. It made me think about life and death in a way that I hadn't before, and it made me so grateful to be healthy and mostly happy. Thank you so much.
You just promoted the most awesome writing website there is. I flipped out when you mentioned figment (as I am an active user) causing my brother to wonder what the heck was wrong with his sister. Thank you John Green, Thank You.
I MEMORIZED PRUFROCK FOR A CLASS THIS YEAR AND I AM GETTING ALL THE REFERENCES NOW
That laptop cooling pad is just what I want! Thanks John Green! :D
+PooleParty24/7 I have one and it's great! :)
April Cave :D
My problem is that you temporarily paralyzed my world and destroyed my soul by writing such a beautiful melancholy story. May TFIOS forever be a classic. Damn you John Green.. But well done.
Nerdfighters are so great. I love all of you.
THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR MENTIONING FIGMENT!
I love that site with a passion and am so glad you support it. Thanks for recommending it XD
My bio teacher use to show us your brothers explanations on bio topics. Come to find out you guys have really dope vlogs. Keep up the great work !
Just remember that you are there to help others, to reach out and let them know that there are people in this world that know they exist and want to help. Remember that you are speaking to people, normal people, each with a different set of circumstances than your own. Think about these people, and you might be inspired enough to shake your fears.
This man is so brilliant, I can't handle it.
In the middle of this video, I paused, and went to see what Fahrenheit 451 was about. I ordered it as quickly as my internet would allow me! Sounds like a pretty awesome book!
Thank you for that "till human voices wake us and we drown" reference at the end. There's a pretty cool song called Evelyn by Kim Tillman an Silent Films that references it too if you're interested.
John Green, you sir are amazing.
You will cry when you read TFiOS. You'll cry a lot and it might even put you into a deep funk for awhile. But you'll learn so many wonderful things about life and fall in love with the characters so much that it's worth it. I think that's the amazing thing about John's books, they model real life so well. You get all this pain thrown at you, but you deal with it anyway because of the things that come along with it.
T.S. Elliot allusion at the end!!!!!!! That just made me love you infinitely more. That is my favorite poem! "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
I think making a list is a great way to fix the problem. Even if it's a few pages long, being able to see the things you want to do instead of having them dance around in your head like sugar plum fairies will make it a lot easier to prioritize and choose the things you want to do most.
You know what? You're right. There's really nothing that makes me feel better than being replied to on UA-cam. So I am going to Participate and make other people's day! Thank you John.
Hey John, just read your latest Tumblr post. I don't tumbl and I'm not going to Vidcon, but I wanted to let you know that you're brave for sharing that and for working so hard to overcome it. Just know that nerdfighteria supports you as much as you support all of us, and you should do whatever will give you the best peace of mind. -Lily
Well, perhaps it was slightly hyperbolic of me to say so, but John making such a clever reference to one of my all-time favourite poems did bring a ridiculous amount of joy to my day and inspired me to write this comment. But no matter, a healthy dose of skepticism is always appreciated in my books.
It is a direct quote from the end of the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Elliot. We read this one in my English class a couple weeks before this video, I was so proud I knew it.
You stopped me from ordering a book online. Im going to order it at the book store. Thanks for making me think!
I found a nerdfighter at work! A girl filling in from another store noticed my DFTBA bracelet and we discussed the awesomeness that is John and Hank. It was a huzzah moment.
I think the comment section of the vlogbrothers is the best comment section in all of UA-cam, honestly
Many years later and this still seems true!
I started reading paper towns a few days ago and i've fallen in love and almost finished, thank you
Thanks John! I just made an account on figment and everyone is so nice and supportive and people post really cool stories and I'm going to spend hours a day hanging out with cool people and quit my job and stop seeing my irl friends and you have ruined my life! It's awesome.
Love the Prufrock allusion.
Dear John, myself and my family avidly supported our local book store but it closed last year. Some of my first memories are of events that happened there, or more recently of books that I decided to take a chance on and turned out loving.
It's a reference to T. S. Eliot's "The Love song of J. Alfred Prufrock", specifically the last lines of
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
It's a wonderful Eliot poem to act as an introduction to his writing, but as with all Eliot I heartily recommend having some sort of reader or companion to the text which will explain some of his allusions, as any Eliot poem can be extremely dense with them.
Love local book stores. I even order books at the store even if they have a web site to show the companies that I want book stores to stay.
Dear John:
Last night, as I was driving my 45 hour commute home from Dr. Phillips, Fl to Winter Park Fl, i was listening to Paper Towns on CD. As the main characters ascend to the top of the Sun Trust building, I drove past the Sun Trust building. As Margo tells Q to exit at Princeton (which by the way is not the appropriate exit to go to college park), I was exiting on Princeton. This was weird. And yet so, so very cool.
Bruh, I didn't know you created our Adult Nerdfighter''s group! Thanks!!!! I'm very involved in it.
Quoting my favorite poem at the end was the greatest. Day made.
I just read your comment and I would like to say that you might not have to go through school without any close friends. I had the same problem as a freshman and sophomore. I'm the kind of person who people walk right past and say hi to out of politeness, but I know they don't particularly like or dislike me. However, this year some people came into the school and I now have two close friends. As high school goes on, you'll find people you fit in with, trust me :)
I read The Fault In Our Stars and now I understand a couple more of your references now!
In regards to your "read Fahrenheit 451" and "buy from local bookstores" advice; I just bought Fahrenheit 451 and ordered Looking For Alaska through my local family owned bookstore, and I can't wait to start them! :)
Haha thank you! I saw your other comment, and I love the last part (well, I love the entire poem), but my favorite bit is: "I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, / And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, / And in short, I was afraid." And, of course, "I should have been a pair of ragged claws / Scuttling across the floors of silent seas." T. S. Eliot was a genius.
Gah, I've been away from youtube for awhile and it's so good to watch these videos again. (:
"the way you spent your money shape the world we live in."
Oh my, it's so true!...
I love his passion about books!
Oh, and the thing is that, while I don't doubt that I'm not trusting her as much as I think, the reason why I was upset about him liking him behind my back is bc it seemed liked she didn't trust me. But I understand your point and you're probably right about everything and I appreciate the help.
You are my favorite author, hands down.
John Green is the coolest writer!
I went to MoMA in NYC alone because I wanted to see Starry Night by Van Gogh. Such a wonderful experience.
French The Llama! That was the perfect ending! T.S. Eliot's The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock! Talk about fracking problem solving. John, you just reminded me of why you're my favorite author!
I love Prufrock. It is one of the most excellent poems I've read.
My heart leapt with the T.S. Eliot reference at the end there! 'Until human voices wake us and we drown.'
I really want to recommend this video to some of my friends because when you said how its more fun to participate in things instead I just watching...well I don't think they understand that!
-Caroline
John Green actually saved my life with that $20 cooling pad
Unbelievable, I read the Fault in our Stars, and I will read Fahrenheit 451, you guys have so much influence over me.
I had a problem where there wasn't enough TS Eliot in my life... but you fixed that. Thank you!!!
i love your enthusiasm ...
Yes! Figment is awesome for writers. There is even a Nerdfighter group.
I love that the last one is basically: Looking for nerdy nerd-fighters in your area.
"don't worry about that, you'll be fine! well.. until the human voices wake you" omg John, you are my spirit animal.
Confirming the Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is one of the best poems ever. I saw what you did there :)
Bought Fahrenheit two days ago and I was reading it in a coffee shop on the stairs and I kept feeling like I was sitting on staircases inside the book watching the story progress, it was unlike any book experience I've ever had...
One way i found nerdfighters in my area was by leaving nerdfighter notes in John Green books in my local bookstore and my email address. I found 5 nerdfighters near me, one that goes to my school!