Pudge Quotes

• Thomas Edison's last words were 'It's very beautiful over there'. I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful.

  John Green

  Beautiful, Real, Believe

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.161, Penguin

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• It's not life or death, the labyrinth. Suffering. Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you.

  John Green

  Alaska, Suffering, Labyrinth

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.68, Penguin

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• It's not life or death, the labyrinth. Suffering. Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you. That's the problem. Bolivar was talking about the pain, not about the living or dying. How do you get out of the labyrinth of suffering?

  John Green

  Pain, Talking, Alaska

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• "And we'll call you... hmmm. Pudge." "Huh?" "Pudge," the Colonel said. "Because you're skinny. It's called irony, Pudge. Heard of it? Now, let's go get some cigarettes and start this year off right."

  John Green

  Years, Skinny, Irony

  "Looking for Alaska". Book by John Green, March 3, 2005.

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• Because no one can catch the motherfucking fox.

  John Green

  Foxes, Looking For Alaska Book

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.86, Penguin

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• We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreperably broken.

  John Green

  Hope, Teenage, Alaska

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.161, Penguin

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• People, I thought, wanted security. They couldn't bear the idea of death being a big black nothing, couldn't bear the thought of their loved ones not existing, and couldn't even imagine themselves not existing. I finally decided that people believed in an afterlife because they couldn't bear not to.

  John Green

  Alaska, Ideas, Afterlife

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.79, Penguin

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• We cannot be born, and we cannot die. Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations.

  John Green

  Teenage, Alaska, Energy

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.161, Penguin

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• But that part of us greater than the sum of our parts cannot begin and cannot end, and so it cannot fail

  John Green

  Teenage, Alaska, Teens

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.161, Penguin

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• We are greater than the sum of our parts.

  John Green

  Life, Teenage, Alaska

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.161, Penguin

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• People believed in an afterlife because they couldn't bear not to.

  John Green

  Hipster, Alaska, Afterlife

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.79, Penguin

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• She did not need to fold into herself and self-destruct. Those awful things are survivable, because we are as indestructible as we believe ourselves to be. When adults say, "Teenagers think the hate invincible," with that sly, stupid smile on their faces, they don't know how right they are. We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken.

  John Green

  Hate, Teenager, Stupid

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• They couldn't bear the idea of death being a big black nothing.

  John Green

  Hipster, Alaska, Ideas

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.79, Penguin

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• At some point, you just pull off the Band-Aid, and it hurts, but then it's over and you're relieved.

  John Green

  Letting Go, Hurt, Alaska

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.15, Penguin

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• When adults say, "Teenagers think they are invincible" with that sly, stupid smile on their faces, they don't know how right they are. We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken. We think that we are invincible because we are. We cannot be born, and we cannot die. Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations. They forget that when they get old. They get scared of losing and failing. But that part of us greater than the sum of our parts cannot begin and cannot end, and so it cannot fail.

  John Green

  Teenage, Stupid, Real

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.161, Penguin

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• Suffering is universal. it’s the one thing Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims are all worried about.

  John Green

  Christian, Buddhist, Alaska

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.68, Penguin

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• Well, you know, Pudge Rodriguez, obviously is as good as it gets.

  Johnny Bench

  Good As It Gets, Wells, Knows

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• ...But there's always suffering, Pudge. Homework or malaria or having a boyfriend who lives far away when there's a good-looking boy lying next to you. Suffering is universal. It's the one thing Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims are all worried about.

  John Green

  Christian, Buddhist, Lying

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.67, Penguin

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• It is worth it to leave behing my minor life for grander maybes.

  John Green

  Miles, Minors, Worth It

  "Looking For Alaska". Book by John Green, 2015.

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• C'mon Pudge. I'm teasing. You have to be tough. I didn't know how bad it was-- and I'm sorry, and they'll regret it-- but you have to be tough.

  John Green

  Sorry, Regret, Tough

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.40, Penguin

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• If Kevin James or Paul Giamatti drop weight, I'm done. I don't want to be the last pudge out there.

  Patton Oswalt

  Kevin, Want, Lasts

  "Patton Oswalt Stops By Conan To Talk Weight Watchers, Disneyland". www.huffingtonpost.com. December 6, 2017.

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• She said, "It's not life or death, the labyrinth." "Um, okay. So what is it?" "Suffering," she said. "Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you. That's the problem. Bolivar was talking about the pain, not about the living or dying. How do you get out of the labyrinth of suffering?... Nothing's wrong. But there's always suffering, Pudge. Homework or malaria or having a boyfriend who lives far away when there's a good-looking boy lying next to you. Suffering is universal. It's the one thing Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims are all worried about."

  John Green

  Christian, Buddhist, Pain

  "Looking for Alaska". Book by John Green, 2005.

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• Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts.

  John Green

  Thinking, Nuts, Battle

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.39, Penguin

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• Pudge, my friend, we are indefuckingstructible.

  John Green

  My Friends

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.88, Penguin

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• So she became impulsive, scared by her inaction into perpetual action. When the Eagle confronted her with the expulsion, maybe she blurted out Marya's name because it was the first that came to mind, because in that moment she didn't want to get expelled and she couldn't think past that moment. She was scared, sure. But more importantly, maybe she'd been scared of being paralyzed by fear again. ~Miles/Pudge on Alaska, pg 120-121

  John Green

  Thinking, Past, Alaska

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