--- title: "8 Awful Quotes By John Green" description: "8 Awful quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Awful sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd0/john-green-12_awful_i-am-awful-i-am-heartless-i-am-scared-th_31018.jpg" --- > [“I am awful. I am heartless. I am scared that these things are actually true.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-am-awful-i-am-heartless-i-am-scared-that-these-things-are-actually/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd0/john-green-12_awful_i-am-awful-i-am-heartless-i-am-scared-th_31018.jpg) > [I do not say goodbye. I believe that's one of the bullshitiest words ever invented. It's not like you're given the choice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-do-not-say-goodbye-i-believe-that-s-one-of-the-bullshitiest-words/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/john-green-12_awful_i-do-not-say-goodbye-i-believe-that-s-on_42629.jpg) > [“And what is an "instant" death anyway? How long is an instant? Is itone second? Ten? The pain of those seconds must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/and-what-is-an-instant-death-anyway-how-long-is-an-instant-is-itone/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e48/john-green-12_air_and-what-is-an-instant-death-anyway-how_210666.jpg) > [“If I had a nervous breakdown every time something awful happened in the world, I’d be crazier than a shithouse rat.  …](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/if-i-had-a-nervous-breakdown-every-time-something-awful-happened-in/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c3/john-green-12_anxiety_if-i-had-a-nervous-breakdown-every-time_365517.jpg) > [I was struck by an awful thought, the kind that cannot be taken back once it escapes into the open air of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-was-struck-by-an-awful-thought-the-kind-that-cannot-be-taken-back/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/200/john-green-12_air_i-was-struck-by-an-awful-thought-the-kin_1411809.jpg) > [It always shocked me when I realized that I wasn’t the only person in the world who thought and felt such strange…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/it-always-shocked-me-when-i-realized-that-i-wasn-t-the-only-person-in/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dea/john-green-12_awful_it-always-shocked-me-when-i-realized-tha_2507855.jpg) > [Tuesday—we had school for the first time. Madame O’Malley had a moment of silence at the beginning of French class, a class…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/tuesday-we-had-school-for-the-first-time-madame-o-malley-had-a-moment/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a21/john-green-12_awful_tuesday-we-had-school-for-the-first-time_2896110.jpg) > [She did not need to fold into herself and self-destruct. Those awful things are survivable, because we are as indestructible as we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/she-did-not-need-to-fold-into-herself-and-self-destruct-those-awful/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/322/john-green-12_adults_she-did-not-need-to-fold-into-herself-an_3033019.jpg) ## Other authors on Awful ## More by John Green > [Issac:"I dislike living in a world without Augustus Waters." Computer: "I don't understand-" Issac: "Me neither. Pause](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/issac-i-dislike-living-in-a-world-without-augustus-waters-computer-i/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [“I just want to stay away from people and read books and think”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-just-want-to-stay-away-from-people-and-read-books-and-think/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [She smiled with all the delight of a kid on Christmas morning and said, "Y'all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die." -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/she-smiled-with-all-the-delight-of-a-kid-on-christmas-morning-and/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [A Margo for each of us--and each more mirror than window.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/a-margo-for-each-of-us-and-each-more-mirror-than-window/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [“No one ever says good-bye unless they want to see you again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/no-one-ever-says-good-bye-unless-they-want-to-see-you-again/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/neither-novels-or-their-readers-benefit-from-any-attempts-to-divine/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [“Traffic's not too bad on Sheridan, and I'm cornering the car like it's the Indy 500, and we're listening to my favorite NMH song,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/traffic-s-not-too-bad-on-sheridan-and-i-m-cornering-the-car-like-it-s/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [“Praise God for good nurses.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/praise-god-for-good-nurses/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [So I was ugly. I was never fat, really, and I never wore headgear or had zits or anything. But I was ugly. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/so-i-was-ugly-i-was-never-fat-really-and-i-never-wore-headgear-or-had/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [Nothing has ever looked like that ever in all of human history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/nothing-has-ever-looked-like-that-ever-in-all-of-human-history/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [“said to him quietly, as if I couldn’t hear or something. Dad was about to respond but I interrupted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/said-to-him-quietly-as-if-i-couldn-t-hear-or-something-dad-was-about/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [I believe humans have souls, and I believe in the conservation of souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-believe-humans-have-souls-and-i-believe-in-the-conservation-of-souls/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [“He was hot. A nonhotboy stares at you relentlessly and it is, at best, awkward and, at worst, a form of assault. But a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/he-was-hot-a-nonhotboy-stares-at-you-relentlessly-and-it-is-at-best/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [I think if you keep the box closed long enough you do kill the cat, actually.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-think-if-you-keep-the-box-closed-long-enough-you-do-kill-the-cat/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. (...) You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/imagining-the-future-is-a-kind-of-nostalgia-you-spend-your-whole-life/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awful/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "8 Awful Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I am awful. I am heartless. 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