Shawn L. Bird

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quote- John Green on swings February 24, 2014

Filed under: Quotations — Shawn L. Bird @ 8:14 pm
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Another quote from John Green’s The Fault in our Stars.  An ad for Craigslist:

Desperately Lonely Swing Set Needs Loving Home

One swing set, well structurally sound, seeks new home.  Make memories with your kid or kids so that someday he or she or they will look into the backyard and feel the ache of sentimentality as desperately as I did this afternoon.  It’s all fragile and fleeting, dear reader, but with this swing set, your child(ren) will be introduced to the ups and downs of human life gently and safely, and may also learn the most important lesson of all: No matter how hard you kick, no matter how high you get, you can’t go all the way around.  (p. 124)

 

2 Responses to “quote- John Green on swings”

  1. keelymyles's avatar keelymyles Says:

    Sold! Oh wait, I already have one… 😉 just love swings… A personal favorite past time.

    • I bought myself a garden swing for Mother’s Day about a decade ago. (Gift was the rest of the family assembled it for me). 🙂 I live on it during the summer. Swings are awesome.


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