John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"...getting dumped is predictable, repetitive, and boring. They want to stay friends; they feel smothered; it's always them and it's never you; and afterward you're devastated and they're relieved; it's over for them and just starting for you."
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"...getting dumped is predictable, repetitive, and boring. They want to stay friends; they feel smothered; it's always them and it's never you; and afterward you're devastated and they're relieved; it's over for them and just starting for you."
"...التعرض للهجر أمر متوقع، متكرر، وممل. يريدون البقاء أصدقاء؛ يشعرون بالاختناق؛ الخطأ دائمًا منهم وليس منك أبدًا؛ وبعدها تكون أنت محطمًا وهم مرتاحون؛ لقد انتهى الأمر بالنسبة لهم وبدأ للتو بالنسبة لك."
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"Right, except I'm not going to lie to my mom, because what kind of bastard lies to his own mother?"
"حسنًا، لكنني لن أكذب على أمي، فأي وغدٍ يكذب على والدته؟"
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"He wanted to draw out the moment before the moment- because as good as kissing feels, nothing feels as good as the anticipation of it."
"أراد أن يمدد اللحظة التي تسبق اللحظة؛ فمهما كان القُبل لذيذاً، لا شيء يضاهي لذة ترقبه."
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"Do you ever wonder whether people would like you more or less if they could see inside you? I mean, I’ve always felt like the Katherines dump me right when they start to see what I look like from the inside—well, except K-19. But I always wonder about that. If people could see me the way I see myself—if they could live in my memories—would anyone, anyone, love me?"
"هل خطر ببالك يوماً ما إذا كان الناس سيحبونك أكثر أم أقل لو أُتيح لهم أن يروا ما في أعماقك؟ أقصد، لطالما راودني شعور بأن الكاثرينات يهجرنني فور أن يشرعن في استكشاف حقيقتي الباطنة – باستثناء كاثرين-19 طبعاً. لكن هذا التساؤل لا يبرح ذهني أبداً. لو أمكن للناس أن يروني كما أرى نفسي – لو أمكنهم أن يغوصوا في ذكرياتي – هل يا ترى سيحبني أحد، أي أحد؟"
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"I feel like how you matter is defined by the things that matter to you. You matter as much as the things that matter to you do. And I got so backwards, trying to make myself matter to him. All this time, there were real things to care about: real, good people who care about me, and this place. It's so easy to get stuck. You just get caught in being something, being special or cool or whatever, to the point where you don't even know why you need it; you just think you do."
"أشعر أن قيمة المرء تتحدد بما يهمه. فقيمتك بقدر أهمية ما تعيره اهتمامك. ولقد ضللت الطريق كثيرًا، محاولًا أن أجعل نفسي ذات شأن في نظره. طوال هذا الوقت، كانت هناك أمور حقيقية تستحق العناية: أناس طيبون حقيقيون يهتمون لأمري، وهذا المكان. من السهل جدًا أن يقع المرء في شرك. فما تلبث أن تنشغل بأن تكون شيئًا ما، مميزًا أو رائعًا أو أيًا كان، لدرجة أنك لا تدري حتى لماذا تحتاج ذلك؛ بل تظن أنك بحاجة إليه وحسب."
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"I don't think your missing pieces ever go inside you again once they go missing."
"لا أظن أن أجزاءك المفقودة تلتئم فيك أبدًا ما إن تُفقد."
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"Because personally I think mattering is a piss-poor idea. I just want to fly under the radar, because when you start to make yourself into a big deal, that’s when you get shot down. The bigger a deal you are, the worse your life is."
"لأنني شخصياً أرى أن كونك ذا شأن فكرة بائسة. كل ما أرغب فيه هو أن أظلّ متوارياً عن الأنظار، فمتى ما بدأت في إبراز نفسك وجعلها ذات شأن، حينها تصبح هدفاً للسقوط. وكلما عظمت مكانتك، ازداد بؤس حياتك."
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"Crying adds something: crying is you, plus tears."
"البكاء يضيف شيئًا: البكاء هو أنت، مضافًا إليه الدموع."
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"People are supposed to care. It's good that people mean something to you, that you miss people when they're gone."
"من المفترض أن يهتم الناس. إنه لأمر جيد أن يكون للناس قيمة لديك، وأن تشتاق إليهم حين يرحلون."
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"I remember stories. I connect the dots and then out of that comes a story. And the dots that don't fit into the story just slide away, maybe. Like when you spot a constellation. You look up and you don't want to see all the stars. All the stars just look like the big...mess that they are. But you want to see shapes; you want to see stories, so you pick them out of the sky."
"أتذكر القصص. أربط النقاط، ومن هذا الربط تتولد قصة. أما النقاط التي لا تتناسب مع القصة، فربما تنزلق بعيدًا. كأنما تلمح كوكبة في السماء. تنظر إلى الأعلى ولا ترغب في رؤية كل النجوم. فكل النجوم تبدو كالفوضى العارمة التي هي عليها. لكنك تريد أن ترى أشكالًا؛ تريد أن ترى قصصًا، فتنتقيها من قبة السماء."
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"Maybe life is not about accomplishing some bullshit markers."
"لعل الحياة ليست مجرد تحقيق بعض العلامات السخيفة."
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"Why had Ovid lived in Ancient Rome in 20 BCE23 and not Chicago in 2006 CE? Would Ovid still have been Ovid if he had lived in America? No, he wouldn’t have been, because he would have been a Native American or possibly an American Indian or a First Person or an Indigenous Person, and they did not have Latin or any other kind of written language then. So did Ovid matter because he was Ovid or because he lived in Ancient Rome?"
"لماذا عاش أوفيد في روما القديمة عام 20 قبل الميلاد، ولم يعش في شيكاغو عام 2006 ميلادية؟ هل كان أوفيد سيبقى أوفيد لو قدر له أن يعيش في أمريكا؟ كلا، لم يكن ليبقى كذلك، لأنه كان سيغدو من السكان الأصليين لأمريكا، أو ربما أحد أبناء الشعوب الأولى، وهؤلاء لم تكن لديهم اللاتينية ولا أي لغة مكتوبة أخرى في ذلك الحين. إذن، هل كانت أهمية أوفيد تكمن في ذاته كأوفيد، أم في كونه عاش في روما القديمة؟"
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"How you matter is defined by the things that matter to you. You matter as much as the things that matter to you do."
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"It's funny how they thought we were dating," Colin said, glancing over at her."How's that funny" she asked, holding his gaze."Um," he said. Distracted from the road, Colin watched as she gave him the slightest version of her inimitable smile."
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"Whenever I'm asked what advice I have for young writers, I always say that the first thing is to read, and to read a lot. The second thing is to write. And the third thing, which I think is absolutely vital, is to tell stories and listen closely to the stories you're being told."
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"Ergo: girls should always make the first move, because (a) they are, on the whole, less likely to be rejected than guys, (b) that way, girls will never get kissed unless they want to be kissed."
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"Okay, so anagrams. That’s one. Got any other charming talents?” she asked, and now he felt confident. Finally, Colin turned to her, gathering in his gut the slim measure of courage available to him, and said, “Well, I’m a fair kisser."
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"...stories don’t just make us matter to each other—maybe they’re also theonly way to the infinite mattering he’d been after for so long."
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"This is all so CHILDISH PATHETIC. YOU'RE EMBARASSING. GET OVER IT GET OVER IT GET OVER IT. But he did not quite know what "it" was."
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
"Nuts, arms, stomachs -- they never hurt. All hurt is brain hurt."
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
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