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

— John Mark Green

Even when your heart is blue, I'll safely hold it. I really don't mind these indigo-stained hands.

— John Mark Green

Everyone needs someone who can show them what heaven looks like.

— John Mark Green

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

— John Mark Green

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

— John Mark Green

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

— John Mark Green

His heart was like a battered guitar; worn and scuffed from a life spent out on the road, but still capable of bringing forth beautiful music.

— John Mark Green

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

— John Mark Green

I am no blank slate for love to write on. My heart has walls marred with cracks, bloodstains, and bullet holes;graffitied over by past lovers.

— John Mark Green

I hear your voice, and all feels right with the world again.

— John Mark Green