John Green Quotes

“It hurt, and that is not a euphemism. It hurt like a beating.”

“Euphemisms persist because lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.”

“When we shrink from the sight of something, when we shroud it in euphemism, that is usually a sign of inner conflict, of unsettled hearts, a sign that something has gone wrong in our moral reasoning.”

“Euphemisms chosen by fear are a covenant with hypocrisy and will immediately destroy the poem and eventually destroy the poet.”

“Nature is an outcry, unpolished truth; the art—a euphemism—tamed wilderness.”

“Every now and then a green dot shifted to yellow. A soldier down, their armored suits detecting the injuries or death that rendered them combat ineffective. Combat ineffective. Such a nice euphemism for one of his kids bleeding out.”

“Nature tells the truth as it is”

“Users of clichés frequently have more sinister intentions beyond laziness and conventional thinking. Relabelling events often entails subtle changes of meaning. War produces many euphemisms, downplaying or giving verbal respectability to savagery and slaughter.”

“Controversial' as we all know, is often a euphemism for 'interesting and intelligent.”

“Sleeping together is a euphemism for people, but tantamount to marriage with cats.”