If you don't live a life in service of a greater good, you've gotta at least die a death in service of a greater good, you know? And I fear that I won't get either a life or a death that means anything.

John Green
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I fear that no matter how much I give, I will never be able to fill the hole in my own heart written by the living and dead people I've lost. When you die, you will still feel the pain of your loss. You can't take it with you.

Source: The Fault In Our Stars

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