--- title: "6 Bags Quotes By John Green" description: "6 Bags quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Bags sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/john-green-12_bags_we-were-kissing-i-thought-this-is-good-i_1962580.jpg" --- > [We were kissing. I thought: This is good. I thought: I am not bad at this kissing. Not bad at all. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-were-kissing-i-thought-this-is-good-i-thought-i-am-not-bad-at-this/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/john-green-12_bags_we-were-kissing-i-thought-this-is-good-i_1962580.jpg) > [Could the two people who are making out please be quiet?" the Colonel asked loudly from his sleeping bag. "Those of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/could-the-two-people-who-are-making-out-please-be-quiet-the-colonel/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d3/john-green-12_bags_could-the-two-people-who-are-making-out_2102610.jpg) > [I think if you went back to the eighteenth century and you asked a fifteen year old boy, 'Would you like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-think-if-you-went-back-to-the-eighteenth-century-and-you-asked-a/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91a/john-green-12_bags_i-think-if-you-went-back-to-the-eighteen_2206175.jpg) > [He told me this while ripping through his duffel bag, throwing clothes into drawers with reckless abandon. Chip did not believe in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/he-told-me-this-while-ripping-through-his-duffel-bag-throwing-clothes/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/john-green-12_abandon_he-told-me-this-while-ripping-through-hi_2911231.jpg) > [Radar revs the engine as to say hustle, and we are running through the parking lot, Ben's robe flowing in the wind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/radar-revs-the-engine-as-to-say-hustle-and-we-are-running-through-the/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d4/john-green-12_arms_radar-revs-the-engine-as-to-say-hustle-a_2947706.jpg) > [There are at least two distinct meanings of 'hot': there is the, like, normal human definition which is that 'this individual seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/there-are-at-least-two-distinct-meanings-of-hot-there-is-the-like/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/john-green-12_18th-century_there-are-at-least-two-distinct-meanings_3153066.jpg) ## Other authors on Bags ## 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/bags/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "6 Bags Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We were kissing. I thought: This is good. I thought: I am not bad at this kissing. Not bad at all. I thought: I am clearly the greatest kisser in the history of the universe. Suddenly she laughed and pulled away from me. 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