--- title: "8 Broke Quotes By John Green" description: "8 Broke quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Broke sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/487/john-green-12_broke_maybe-all-the-strings-inside-him-broke-1_119691.jpg" --- > [Maybe all the strings inside him broke.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/maybe-all-the-strings-inside-him-broke/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/487/john-green-12_broke_maybe-all-the-strings-inside-him-broke-1_119691.jpg) > [“your life broke down. The last good kiss / You”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/your-life-broke-down-the-last-good-kiss-you/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d3/john-green-12_broke_your-life-broke-down-the-last-good-kiss_473535.jpg) > [“Maybe all the stings inside him broke.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/maybe-all-the-stings-inside-him-broke/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1b/john-green-12_broke_maybe-all-the-stings-inside-him-broke-58_582715.jpg) > [I think maybe I know why,' she finally said. 'Why?' 'Maybe all the strings inside him broke,' she said.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-think-maybe-i-know-why-she-finally-said-why-maybe-all-the-strings/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/015/john-green-12_broke_i-think-maybe-i-know-why-she-finally-sai_895828.jpg) > [Patience, grasshopper," I counseled. "You don't want to seem overeager." "Right, that's why I said tomorrow," he said. "I want to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/patience-grasshopper-i-counseled-you-don-t-want-to-seem-overeager/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/john-green-12_all-night_patience-grasshopper-i-counseled-you-don_1693703.jpg) > [Q, you're going to go to Duke. You're going to be a very successful lawyer-or-something and get married and have babies and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/q-you-re-going-to-go-to-duke-you-re-going-to-be-a-very-successful/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10a/john-green-12_baby_q-you-re-going-to-go-to-duke-you-re-goin_2378486.jpg) > [How about I call you when I finish this?” “But you don’t even have my phone number,” he said. “I strongly suspect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/how-about-i-call-you-when-i-finish-this-but-you-don-t-even-have-my/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/john-green-12_book_how-about-i-call-you-when-i-finish-this_2609669.jpg) > [Breaking down that wall is the kind of story that might have a happy middle - oh, look, we broke down this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/breaking-down-that-wall-is-the-kind-of-story-that-might-have-a-happy/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/john-green-12_boys_breaking-down-that-wall-is-the-kind-of-s_2622764.jpg) ## Other authors on Broke ## 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/broke/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "8 Broke Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Maybe all the strings inside him broke.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/maybe-all-the-strings-inside-him-broke/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/487/john-green-12_broke_maybe-all-the-strings-inside-him-broke-1_119691.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/487/john-green-12_broke_maybe-all-the-strings-inside-him-broke-1_119691.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/487/john-green-12_broke_maybe-all-the-strings-inside-him-broke-1_119691.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Maybe all the strings inside him broke.” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“your life broke down. 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