This week my favorite quote came from ‘The Fault In Our Stars” brilliantly written by John Green. This book was seriously heart warming, it made laugh hysterically, it made me tear up dramatically, it made smile cheerfully, it made me angry at the world and its unfairness, and it made me appreciative. Definitely a good read, if you have the time- GO FOR IT!
“I can’t talk about our love story, so I will talk about math. I am not a mathematician, but I know this: There are infinite numbers between 0 and 1. There’s .1 and .12 and .112 and an infinite collection of others. Of course, there is a bigger infinite set of numbers between 0 and 2, or between 0 and a million. Some infinities are bigger than other infinities. A writer we used to like taught us that. There are days, many of them, when I resent the size of my unbounded set. I want more numbers than I’m likely to get, and God, I want more numbers for Augustus Waters than he got. But, Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn’t trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful.”
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February 6, 2012 at 6:42 pm
Cassie
Love John Green! Such a talented writer. To be a fraction as successful as he is one day would be a dream… but he’s clearly worked his butt off for it, and I really have to admire him for that.
February 7, 2012 at 7:22 pm
w9
Amazing stories of courage and resilience bring us hope.