John Green Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old John Green quotes, John Green sayings, and John Green proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Sometimes you lose a battle. But mischief always wins the war. John Green
In our hyper-secular world, worship is still inevitable. But it is vital to remember that our gods don't choose us, we choose them. John Green
But monotony doesn't make for painlessness. John Green
At some point, you just pull off the Band-Aid, and it hurts, but then it's over and you're relieved. John Green
Random questions are the least random of all questions. John Green
Chicago is the Great American City, and it was really great to live there during a time of economic expansion and opportunity and growth. I felt like I was living at the center of the world. Unlike New York, no one expects you to be a professional writer. John Green
He loved the scratching of pencil against paper when he was focused: it meant something was happening. John Green
You matter as much as the things that matter to you do. John Green
Standing in line is a form of oppression. John Green
When you say nasty things about people, you should never say the true ones, because you can't really fully and honestly take those back.. John Green
Physical intimacy isn’t and can never be an effective substitute for emotional intimacy. John Green
She had the kind of eyes that predisposed you to supporting her every endeavor. John Green
There's your labyrinth of suffering. We are all going. Find your way out of that maze. John Green
At some point we all look up and realize we are lost in a maze. John Green
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. John Green
I started thinking about little kids putting a cylindrical peg through a circular hole, and how they do it over and over again for months when they figure it out, and how basketball was basically just a slightly more aerobic version of that same exercise. John Green
Without pain, we couldn't know joy. John Green
You're awfully philosophical for a girl that just got busted John Green
You can say a lot of bad things about Alabama, but you can't say that Alabamans as a people are duly afraid of deep fryers. John Green
Breaking up isn't something that gets done to you; it's something that happens with you. John Green
Witness also that when we talk about literature, we do so in the present tense. When we speak of the dead, we are not so kind. John Green
I was so good at being a kid, and so terrible at being whatever I was now. John Green
You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick youre friend's nose. John Green
We can't love our neighbors till we know how crooked their hearts are. John Green
We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreparably broken. John Green
I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once. John Green
She said 'I love you' as if it were a secret, and an immense one. John Green
Idiotically, it occurred to me that my pink underwear didn't match my purple bra, as if boys even notice such things. John Green
The thing about chameleoning your way through life is that it gets to where nothing is real. John Green
It is so hard to leave until you leave and then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world. John Green