Quotes from John Green, Looking for Alaska

Last words are always harder to remember when no one knows that someone's about to die.

Chip, she's gone, " and he said, "I thought I'd feel her looking down on us, but you're right. She's just gone

So we gave up. I'd finally had enough of chasing after a ghost who did not want to be seen. We'd failed, maybe, but some mysteries aren't meant to be solved.

I wanted to be one of those people who have streaks to maintain, who scorch the ground with their intensity. But for now, at least I knew such people, and they needed me, just like comets need tails.

They love their hair because they're not smart enough to love something more interesting.

AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!' he screamed.'So that's Sara, ' I said.'Yes.''She seems nice.

I'm not going to be one of those people who sits around talking about what they're going to do. I'm just going to do it. Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia.