Quotes From "Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances" By John Green

I always had this idea that you should never give up a happy middle in the hopes of a happy ending, because there is no such thing as a happy ending. Do you know what I mean? There is so much to lose. John Green

There is always the risk: something is good and good and good and good, and then all at once it gets awkward. All at once, she sees you looking at her, and then she doesn't want to joke around with you anymore, because she doesn't want to seem flirty, because she doesn't want you to think she likes you. It’s such a disaster, whenever, in the course of human relationships, someone begins to chisel away at the wall of separation between friendship and kissing. Breaking down that wall is the kind of story that might have a happy middle– oh, look, we broke down this wall, I’m going to look at you like a girl and you’re going to look at me like a boy and we’re going to play a fun game called Can I Put My Hand There What About There What About There. And sometimes that happy middle looks so great that you can convince yourself that it’s not the middle but will last forever. John Green

People can't really sympathize with you properly when you've woken them up Maureen Johnson

Lady and gentleman, when my parents left Korea with nothing but the clothes on their backs and the considerable wealth they had amassed in the shipping business, they had a dream. They had a dream that one day amid the snowy hilltops of western North Carolina, their son would lose his virginity to a cheerleader in the woman's bathroom of a Waffle House just off the interstate. My parents have sacrificed so much for this dream! And that is why we must journey on, despite all trials and tribulations! Not for me and least of all for the poor cheerleader in question, but for my parents and indeed for all immigrants who came to his great nation in what they themselves could never have: CHEERLEADER SEX. John Green

You've just got to take a good hard look at yourself, change what needs to be changed, and move on. Lauren Myracle

Can you just trust in our love, without asking me to prove it every single second? Lauren Myracle

I felt so alone on that train... a weird, unnatural kind of alone that bore into me. It was feeling just beyond fear and somewhere to the left of sadness. Maureen Johnson

...being in a bad mood with your friends beats being in a bad mood without them. John Green

Once you think a thought, it is extremely difficult to unthink it. And I had thought the thought. John Green

I wanted us to have an adventure. Because I love that crap. Because I'm not whatever-her-name-is. I don't think it's oh so hard to walk four miles in the snow. I want that. I love that. John Green

Its not what the universe gives us that matters, but what we give the universe Unknown

Any sentence that combined "I love you" and "but" could not be good. Lauren Myracle

It wasn't that he didn't love me, because I knew he did. As for me, I loved him so much it hurt. Lauren Myracle

It just seemed like telling the truth would mean admitting some weakness Maureen Johnson

And then I couldn't wait anymore, and my hand was on the back of her head, and then her lips on mine, the cold air gone and replaced with the warmth of her mouth, soft and sweet and hash-brown-tastic John Green

We are all flawed, my dear. Every one of us. And believe me, we've all made mistakes. You've just got to take a good hard look at yourself, change what needs to be changed, and move one, pet. Lauren Myracle

We are all flawed, my dear. Every one of us. And believe me, we've all made mistakes. Lauren Myracle

I knew it was beautiful, but knowing something is beautiful and caring about it are two very different things, and I didn't care. Maureen Johnson

Christmas is never over, unless you want it to be. Lauren Myracle

Christmas is a state of mind. Unknown

I know no one is perfect, that behind every facade of perfection is a writhing mess of subterfuge and secret sorrows... but even taking that into account, Noah was pretty much perfect. Maureen Johnson

We were just standing there, and her eyes were so interesting. Not in the usual way of being interesting, like being extremely blue or extremely big or flanked by obscenely long lashes or anything. John Green

We just did an awesome job of not dying. John Green

JP shouted, "TELL THEM WHAT YOU JUST DID TO EACH OTHER! ""Um, " I said." We kissed, " the Duke said." That's kinda gay, " Keun said." I AM A GIRL.""Yeah, I know, but so is Tobin, " Keun said. John Green

Sorry, " I said to the Duke."Eh, it's not your fault. It's Carla's fault. You were turning the wheel. Carla just wasn't listening. I knew I shouldn't have loved her. She's like all the others, Tobin; as soon as I confess my love, she abandons me." I laughed. "I never abandoned you, " I said patting on her back." Yeah, well, (a.) I never confessed my love to you, and (b.) I'm not even female to you. . John Green

There is always the risk: something is good and good and good, and then all at once it gets awkward. All at once, she sees you looking at her, and then she doesn't want to seem flirty, because she doesn't want you to think she likes you. It's such a disaster, whenever, in the course of human relationships, someone begins to chisel away all the wall of separation between friendship and kissing. Breaking down that wall is the kind of story that might have a happy middle--oh, look, we broke down this wall, I'm going to look at you like a girl and you're going to look like me like a boy and we're going to play a fun game called Can I Put My Hand There What About There What About There. And sometimes that happy middle looks so great that you can convince yourself that it's not the middle but will last forever. John Green

I followed your footsteps, " he said, in answer to the unspoken question. "Snow makes it easy." I had been tracked, like a bear. "Sorry to make you go to all that trouble, " I said. "I didn't have to go that far, really. You're about three streets over. You just kept going in loops." A really inept bear. Maureen Johnson

Cousin-screwing. It is not totally safe. It raises the risk of birth defects slightly. But I was reading in a book for history that there's, like, a 99.9999 percent chance that at least one of your great-great-great-grandparents married first cousin. John Green

Tobin, " Mom said disapprovingly. She wasn't a particularly funny person. It suited her professionally - I mean, you don't want your cancer surgeon to walk into the examination room and be like, "Guy walks into a bar. Bartender says, 'What'll ya have?' And the guy says, 'Whaddya got?' And the bartender says, 'I don't know what I got, but I know what you got: Stage IV melanoma. John Green