Quotes from John Mark Green

Things began happening with odd synchronicity, as if the universe itself was conspiring on behalf of their love story.

Her kiss dissolves the universe. In that moment, I am unmade and then reborn.

Birthing is never easy or without pain, be it a universe, a child, or a fresh start in life. Contraction precedes expansion. Darkness comes before dawn. Joy follows pain. This is the way of things.

When life gets dark, that's when stars appear among us. Shine bright, beautiful ones. Throw light from your burning hearts.

Within every heart's Winter sleeps the promise of Spring.

My heart had been a darkened room for so very long, but then you found the light switch.

Beneath the rust and grime which dulls the shine of our weathered hearts, joy patiently waits to be rediscovered

No matter how dark your night, my friend, may you always find enough light to take the next step.

I'm a pusher dealing hope, at the intersection of Desire and Despair.

You'll never have control over other people's decisions, or what cards life deals you. Your power lies in the choosing of your response. That is the one thing you can control.

As you remove toxic people from your life, you free up space and emotional energy for positive, healthy relationships.

Hope is a flower which refuses to be crushed under life's brutal heel.

We're all in the human race. The question is, are you running toward your dreams or just away from your fears?

Her veins flowed with liquid poetry. I stole the words from her mouth with my kisses.

And if the stars should ever die, we'll make our own light, you and I.

I want to kiss you so thoroughly that you lose your ability to stand.

He'd been saving up his love for years and years, waiting for the right personto spend his fortune on.

When she smiled at me, I felt unborn poems stirring within.

You are the artist, and your days the canvas. Will you create an original masterpiece, or live a paint-by-numbers kind of life?

In a relationship, no amount of extra effort on your part can make up for a lack of effort on theirs.

I'll be your blanket, baby. Wrap yourself up in me. Let me give you shelter, in the winter of this world.

Sometimes it feels like you've set off a spectacular lightning show in my heart, and I wonder if other people can see the flashes through my skin.

Each of us is a story, waiting for a devoted reader who will take us off the shelf and embrace all our plot twists.

Opening to love will always involve risk, but a heart safe from pain is one also locked to joy.