Logo
Quote by John Green
We dont tend to write about disease in fiction - not just teen nov

We dont tend to write about disease in fiction – not just teen novels but all American novels – because it doesnt fit in with our idea of the heroic romantic epic. There is room only for sacrifice, heroism, war, politics and family struggle. – John Green

Other quotes by John Green

Teenage readers also have a different relationship with the authors whose work they value than adult readers do. I loved Toni Morrison, but I dont have any desire to follow her on Twitter. I just want to read her books. – John Green

Category:
relationship
Author
John Green
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Politics
category

There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side. – Jack Kemp

Category:
Politics

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him. – John Morley

Category:
Politics

In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution. – Alexander Hamilton

Category:
Politics

Inauthenticity is endemic in American politics today. The political backrooms where I spent much of my career were just as benighted as my personal life, equally crowded with shadowy strangers and compromises, truths I hoped to deny. I lived not in one closet but in many. – James McGreevey

Category:
Politics

Random Quotes

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society. – Henry St. John

Category:
Happiness

Stealing things is a glorious occupation, particularly in the art world. – Malcolm Mclaren

Category:
Plagiarism

Great designers seldom make great advertising men, because they get overcome by the beauty of the picture – and forget that merchandise must be sold. – James Randolph Adams

Category:
Beauty

Economy is the basis of society. When the economy is stable, society develops. The ideal economy combines the spiritual and the material, and the best commodities to trade in are sincerity and love. – Morihei Ueshiba

Category:
best