John Green Quotes:
Ocupation: Author
Life: b. August 24, 1977
Birthday: August 24
In the first century CE, Roman authorities punished St. Apollonia by crushing her teeth one by one with pliers. Colin often thought about this in relationship to the monotony of dumping: we have thirty-two teeth. After a while, having each tooth individually destroyed probably gets repetitive, even dull. But it never stops hurting.
source: John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.93, Penguin
topic: Crush, Hurt, Two, Pliers
