Children Quotes by John Green

“Little kids play house; they play war; they play relationships.”

— John Green

“A vaguely pedophilic swing set seeks butts of children.”

— John Green

“Children's hospitals are not designed for teenagers.”

— John Green

“The child who believes there is life after a novel ends.”

— John Green

As a child I was an inveterate liar. As opposed to now, I am a Novelist.

— John Green

“lonely, vaguely pedophilic swing set seeks the butts of children”

— John Green

Our children are weird. Nicely phrased.

— John Green

Lonley, Vaguely pedophilic swing set seeks the butts of children.

— John Green

“The bad kids and the good kids and all kids... They're just people, who deserve to be cared for.”

— John Green

That's the great thing about being in the third grade. If you've got one polysyllabic adjective, everyone thinks you're a genius.

— John Green

“And my conclusion is,' he said, 'since I had been in very good terms with Anne, that most parents don't know really…

— John Green

“since I had been in very good terms with Anne, that most parents don’t know really their children.”

— John Green

“So grass is a metaphor for life, and for death, and for equality, and for connectedness, and for children, and for God,…

— John Green

In general, watching children's television is a dark and surreal descent into madness where the characters on the screen talk directly to…

— John Green

“an elegant universe in ceaseless motion, teeming with ruined ruins and screaming children.”

— John Green

“Well, she's not your daughter,Connie. She hasn't walked all over you like a doormat for a decade.”

— John Green

“dear reader, but with this swing set, your child(ren) will be introduced to the ups and downs of human life gently and…

— John Green

“Sick children inevitably become arrested: You are fated to live out your days as the child you were when diagnosed, the child…

— John Green

Adult librarians are like lazy bakers: their patrons want a jelly doughnut, so they give them a jelly doughnut. Children’s librarians are…

— John Green

“Ma'am,' Augustus said, nodding toward her, 'your daughter's car has just been deservedly egged by a blind man. Please close the door…

— 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

The nature of the love between a parent and child really is literally stronger than death. As long as either person in…

— John Green

The kiss lasted forever as Otto Frank kept talking from behind me. "And my conclusion is," he said, "since I had been…

— John Green

Adult librarians are like lazy bakers: their patrons want a jelly doughnut, so they give them a jelly doughnut. Childrens librarians are…

— John Green

“I thought we were in a church basement, but we are literally in the heart of Jesus.” “Someone should tell Jesus,” I…

— John Green

“Even in pictures of their youth, old people look old. He watched as the pictures moved to crisp black-and-white and then to…

— John Green

You could hear the wind in the leaves, and on that wind traveled the screams of the kids on the playground in…

— John Green

One swing set, well worn but structurally sound, seeks new home. Make memories with your kid or kids so that someday he…

— John Green

“Hazel Grace, like so many children before you—and I say this with great affection—you spent your Wish hastily, with little care for…

— John Green

We are literally in the heart of Jesus," he said. "I thought we were in a church basement, but we are literally…

— John Green

Gus: "It tastes like..." Me: "Food." Gus: "Yes, precisely. It tastes like food, excellently prepared. But it does not taste, how do…

— John Green

“A child said, What is the grass? fetching it to me will full hands; How could I answer the child?…I do not…

— John Green

“You could hear the wind in the leaves, and on that wind traveled the screams of the kids on the playground in…

— John Green

“Catfish always drink alcoholic ether if begged, for every catfish enjoys heightened intoxication; gross indulgence can be calamitous, however; duly, garfish babysit…

— John Green

“I hate that. I hate kids like that so fugging much.”

— John Green

Like all sick children,' he answered dispassionately, 'you say you don't want pity, but your very existence depends upon it.

— John Green

“All I know of heaven and all I know of death is in this park: an elegant universe in ceaseless motion, teeming…

— John Green

“Someone should tell Jesus,” I said. “I mean, it’s gotta be dangerous, storing children with cancer in your heart.”

— John Green

“Hating the cool kids takes an awful lot of energy, and I'd given up on it a long time ago.”

— John Green

“You and I are just kids. We've got the best and the worst of it in front of us”

— John Green