John Green Quotes

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.

I don't know where people got the idea that characters in books are supposed to be likable. Books are not in the business of creating merely likeable characters with whom you can have some simple iden...

No one is dead as long as someone is still alive

How will I ever get out of this labyrinth! In reality, How will I ever get out of this labyrinth! were probably not Simon Bolivar's last words (although he did, historically, say them). His last words...

Augustus Waters was the Mayor of the Secret City of Cancervania, and he is not replaceable, Isaac began.Other people will be able to tell you funny stories about Gus, because he was a funny guy, but l...

All salvation is temporary, Augustus shot back. I bought them a minute. Maybe that's the minute that buys them an hour, which is the hour that buys them a year. No one's gonna buy them forever, Hazel...

And then I realized there was no one else to call, which was the saddest thing. The only person I really wanted to talk to about Augustus Water's death was Augustus Water.

Imagine others complexly.

NOTHING HAS EVER LOOKED LIKE THAT EVER IN ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY, he said. His enthusiasm was adorable. I couldn’t resist leaning over to kiss him on the cheek.Just so you know, I’m right here, Mom said...

Imagine taking that last drive to the hospital, I said quietly. The last time you'll ever drive a car.Without looking over at me, Augustus said, You're killing my vibe here, Hazel Grace. I'm trying to...

The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive

The part I enjoy most is not the doing, but the noticing.

I'd had nearly four years of experience looking at these clocks, but their sluggishness never ceased to surprise. If I am ever told that I have one day to live, I will head straight to the hallowed ha...

One swing set, well worn but 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 a...

So maybe we won’t ever win the lottery, or marry royalty, or make that last second shot. That doesn’t mean we won’t have amazing adventures, meet exceptional people, and make indelible memories. The t...

Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. (...) You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future...

She has great breasts, the Colonel said without looking up from the whale.DO NOT OBJECTIFY WOMEN'S BODIES! Alaska shouted.Now he looked up. Sorry. Perky breasts.That's not any better!

Of course, sweetie, his mom said. We'll be here all day. You just come down whenever you want and we love you and you're so so special, Colin, and you can't possibly let this girl make you think other...

The important thing is not whatever nonsense the voices are saying, but what the voices are feeling.

I think maybe I know why,' she finally said.'Why?''Maybe all the strings inside him broke,' she said.