Books Quotes by John Green

“I just want to stay away from people and read books.”

— John Green

“the fault in our stars is the best book and the movie too”

— John Green

When I look at my room, I see a girl who loves books.

— John Green

A novel is a conversation between a reader and a writer.

— John Green

“Authors do not own books, readers do”

— John Green

Books are like tweets, except longer.

— John Green

“But it's not a cancer book, because cancer books suck.”

— John Green

“NEVER USE HIGHLITER IN MY BOOKS”

— John Green

“Great books help you understand, and they help you to feel understood.”

— John Green

“I just want to stay away from people and read books and think”

— John Green

We're all just facilitators. The real business is done by readers.

— John Green

Books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.

— John Green

I hadn’t read a real series like that since I was a kid, and it was exciting to live again in an…

— John Green

“My parents were my two best friends. My third best friend was an author who did not know I existed.”

— John Green

“the core christian values- radical hope, universal forgiveness- are the core values of the book's final chapter.”

— John Green

“It's so hard for anyone to show us how we look, and so hard for us to show anyone how we feel.”

— John Green

“He liked all books, because he liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words…

— John Green

That is, to me at least, one of the most helpful and useful things books do for us: They are generous enough…

— John Green

I hadn’t been in proper school in three years. My parents were my two best friends. My third best friend was an…

— John Green

You can’t know, sweetie, because you’ve never had a baby become a brilliant young reader with a side interest in horrible television…

— John Green

“Books are a weird collaboration between author and reader: You trust me to tell a good story, and I trust you to…

— John Green

“But I was beginning to learn that your life is a story told about you, not one that you tell. Of course,…

— John Green

“I'm a grenade. I just want to stay away from people and read books and think and be with you guys because…

— John Green

“That's part of what I like about the book in some ways. It portrays death truthfully. You die in the middle of…

— John Green

“I’m a grenade,” I said again. “I just want to stay away from people and read books and think and be with…

— John Green

Her library filled her bookshelves and then overflowed into waist-high stacks of books everywhere, piled haphazardly against the walls. If just one…

— John Green

“She laughed. "Oh God no. I've maybe read a third of 'em. But I'm going to read them all. I call it…

— John Green

“It’s all fragile and fleeting, dear reader, but with this swing set, your child(ren) will be introduced to the ups and downs…

— John Green

“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world…

— John Green

I hate the idea that, when it comes to books and learning, hard is often seen as the opposite of fun. It's…

— John Green

The book was turned to the page with Anne Frank's name, but what got me about it was the fact that right…

— John Green

“I want you to feel empowered to explore those questions without worrying that there is some secret answer somewhere resting with the…

— John Green

“Q:Alaska wasn't introduced as fully as the other characters even though the book largely centres around the effect she had on people…

— John Green

“Dear Mr. Peter Van Houten (c/o Lidewij Vliegenthart), My name is Hazel Grace Lancaster. My friend Augustus Waters, who read An Imperial…

— John Green

“May I see you again?" he asked. There was an endearing nervousness in his voice. I smiled. "Sure." "Tomorrow?" he asked. "Patience,…

— John Green

“My favorite book, by a wide margin, was An Imperial Affliction, but I didn’t like to tell people about it. Sometimes, you…

— John Green

“I’m on a side of a road somewhere, stuck in the middle of a very deep hole, with no way of getting…

— John Green

“Dude," said Hassan softly. "Khanzeer." (Arabic:Pig) "Matha, al-khanazeer la yatakalamoon araby?" Colin asked. (Arabic: What, pigs don't speak Arabic?" "That's no pig,"…

— John Green

“Human existence is temporary and all the knowledge of the universe we acquire will in time be forgotten because there will be…

— John Green

“Life is a lot like pizza… But in fact, Hank, the fundamental thing that all critical reading does is reveal to us…

— John Green