A penny for your thoughts #4 (quote from The Fault in Our Stars by John Green)
Words touch us all in different ways. Sometimes the original intent of a quote resonates so profoundly with us that it is hard to believe that another wrote it. Other times it is a single word, peculiar phrasing, or an alternative meaning regarding an event in our lives that resonates the most. I believe in the power of starting the day (and week) off with a positive thought -- and so was created A Penny For Your Thoughts. This is a weekly blog hop that will feature quotes of all kinds; classics, character, book-movie, personal, etc. The themes will range from funny to serious, but really it all depends on how you interpret it! How does this work?
- Every Sunday a quote will be posted
- Post your thoughts on your blog and/or the comment section of a participating blog. You only get the penny for one or the other. You can do both but it doesn't count twice.
- Those with posts can join up on the Linky - Linky will not be active until day of post
- Collect the pennies! Every week there will be a new penny to collect and include with your post.
- RAFFLE ENTRY: Your site or comment needs to be submitted to this form as well so that your name can be uploaded to a raffle generator. If you're using a comment as a submission instead of a post, then put name of site where you left the comment in the "direct link" section.
- On the last Saturday of every month the entries from the form above will be entered in a drawing. Winner will be notified on Sunday. You get as many entries as you have pennies for the month. Prizes will include books, gift cards, site promotion, and other bookish winnings!
- Have fun! This is a fun way to start some discussion, discover blogs, and get to know more people. Please re-post these steps so that followers understand the process.
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| Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin. - John Green, The Fault in Our Stars |
My thoughts...
I think John Green has some of the most thought provoking writing. I liked The Fault in Our Stars because the young characters had mature voices that were carved from their unfortunate circumstances. This is one of those. This quote hints at Utopianism -- in a perfect world, where everyone follows order and no law is required, what is it that keeps civilization in check? If you give a person freedom, will they run to sin because they know that it exists? What if they don't know of sin?
I think this quote more so states that we tend to stumble upon sin in freedom rather than intentionally seek it when freedom is given. Personally, I don't really believe in "sin" per se because I think that is really subjective. Instead I equate "sin" with trouble. And I agree, the times that I've been in trouble has been because someone gave me an inch and I took a foot ;)
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Next week's quote:
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| Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. - Coraline, by Neil Gaiman |
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I've never thought about this quote that way. I always took it as people tend to judge freedom as being sinful - like the way women who embrace their sexuality are condemned and considered to be sinful even though in reality there is nothing sinful about it. So it is the freedoms themselves that are so often treated as sins because people believe it to be wrong to embrace that freedom. Idk if that makes any sense, haha.
ReplyDeleteI love getting to hear other people's ideas about writing. And I love the quote (and frankly the entire book) that you chose(: My favorite is definitely the "some infinities are bigger than other infinities" speech. I bawl every time!
Thanks for this post(:
XO Katie @ paperbackplanes.blogspot.com
Yes! You said that much better than I could did. I was kind of getting at that but different way. I could have quoted the entire book but I left it at this one for now. I'm sure the infinity quote will show up some time because I LOVE that one too ;) Thanks for commenting, Katie. Your name has been added to the raffle. :)
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