--- title: "10 Doing things Quotes By John Green" description: "10 Doing things quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Doing things sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78c/john-green-12_attention_the-real-heroes-anyway-aren-t-the-people_718459.jpg" --- > [The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-real-heroes-anyway-aren-t-the-people-doing-things-the-real-heroes/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78c/john-green-12_attention_the-real-heroes-anyway-aren-t-the-people_718459.jpg) > [“Life is about doing things that don't suck with people who don't suck”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/life-is-about-doing-things-that-don-t-suck-with-people-who-don-t-suck/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/998/john-green-12_doing-things_life-is-about-doing-things-that-don-t-su_1510156.jpg) > [In the contemporary world where things fall apart, and the centre cannot hold, you have to imagine a community where there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/in-the-contemporary-world-where-things-fall-apart-and-the-centre-2/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/john-green-12_centre_in-the-contemporary-world-where-things-f_1108214.jpg) > [In the contemporary world where things fall apart, and the centre cannot hold, you have to imagine a community where there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/in-the-contemporary-world-where-things-fall-apart-and-the-centre/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f0/john-green-12_community_in-the-contemporary-world-where-things-f_300325.jpg) > [The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention. The guy who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-real-heroes-anyway-aren-t-the-people-doing-things-the-real-heroes-2/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/775/john-green-12_attention_the-real-heroes-anyway-aren-t-the-people_2391673.jpg) > [“Like, I'm lazy, but I'm also good at not-doing things I'm not supposed to do...Being funny is a way of not-doing. Sit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/like-i-m-lazy-but-i-m-also-good-at-not-doing-things-i-m-not-supposed/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2e/john-green-12_comedy_like-i-m-lazy-but-i-m-also-good-at-not-d_301314.jpg) > [“We are like a bunch of dogs squirting on fire hydrants. We poison the groundwater with our toxic piss, marking everything MINE…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-are-like-a-bunch-of-dogs-squirting-on-fire-hydrants-we-poison-the-5/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/john-green-12_doing-things_we-are-like-a-bunch-of-dogs-squirting-on_2912476.jpg) > [“We are like a bunch of dogs squirting on fire hydrants. We poison the groundwater with our toxic piss, marking everything MINE…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-are-like-a-bunch-of-dogs-squirting-on-fire-hydrants-we-poison-the-4/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0e/john-green-12_character_we-are-like-a-bunch-of-dogs-squirting-on_1993902.jpg) > [“Here's the thing about Hazel: Almost everyone is obsessed with leaving a mark upon the world. Bequeathing a legacy. Outlasting death. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/here-s-the-thing-about-hazel-almost-everyone-is-obsessed-with-leaving/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84e/john-green-12_animals_here-s-the-thing-about-hazel-almost-ever_1180125.jpg) > [“Van Houten, I’m a good person but a shitty writer. You’re a shitty person but a good writer. We’d make a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/van-houten-i-m-a-good-person-but-a-shitty-writer-you-re-a-shitty-2/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/405/john-green-12_augustus-waters_van-houten-i-m-a-good-person-but-a-shitt_3152935.jpg) ## Other authors on Doing things ## 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/doing-things/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "10 Doing things Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-real-heroes-anyway-aren-t-the-people-doing-things-the-real-heroes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78c/john-green-12_attention_the-real-heroes-anyway-aren-t-the-people_718459.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78c/john-green-12_attention_the-real-heroes-anyway-aren-t-the-people_718459.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78c/john-green-12_attention_the-real-heroes-anyway-aren-t-the-people_718459.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things…” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Life is about doing things that don't suck with people who don't suck”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/life-is-about-doing-things-that-don-t-suck-with-people-who-don-t-suck/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/998/john-green-12_doing-things_life-is-about-doing-things-that-don-t-su_1510156.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/998/john-green-12_doing-things_life-is-about-doing-things-that-don-t-su_1510156.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/998/john-green-12_doing-things_life-is-about-doing-things-that-don-t-su_1510156.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Life is about doing things that don't suck with people who don't suck” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the contemporary world where things fall apart, and the centre cannot hold, you have to imagine a community where there is no centre. 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We poison the groundwater with our toxic piss…” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We are like a bunch of dogs squirting on fire hydrants. We poison the groundwater with our toxic piss, marking everything MINE in a ridiculous attempt to survive our deaths. I can't stop pissing on fire hydrants...I am an animal like any other. Hazel is different. she walks lightly, old man. She walks lightly upon the earth. She knows the truth: We're as likely to hurt the universe as we are to help it, and we're not likely to do either. People will say it's sad that she leaves a lesser scar, that fewer remember her, that she was loved deeply but not widely. But it's not sad. It's triumphant. It's heroic. Isn't that the real heroism? The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-are-like-a-bunch-of-dogs-squirting-on-fire-hydrants-we-poison-the-4/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0e/john-green-12_character_we-are-like-a-bunch-of-dogs-squirting-on_1993902.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0e/john-green-12_character_we-are-like-a-bunch-of-dogs-squirting-on_1993902.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0e/john-green-12_character_we-are-like-a-bunch-of-dogs-squirting-on_1993902.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We are like a bunch of dogs squirting on fire hydrants. We poison the groundwater with our toxic piss…” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Here's the thing about Hazel: Almost everyone is obsessed with leaving a mark upon the world. Bequeathing a legacy. Outlasting death. We all want to be remembered. I do, too. That's what bothers me most, is being another unremembered casualty in the ancient and inglorious war against disease. I want to leave a mark. But Van Houten: The marks humans leave are too often scars. You build a hideous minimall or start a coup or try to become a rock star and you think, \"They'll remember me now,\" but (a) they don't remember you, and (b) all you leave behind are more scars. Your coup becomes a dictatorship. Your minimall becomes a lesion. ... We are like a bunch of dogs squirting on fire hydrants. We poison the groundwater with our toxic piss, marking everything MINE in a ridiculous attempt to survive our deaths. I can't stop pissing on fire hydrants. I know it's silly and useless--epically useless in my current state--but I am an animal like any other. Hazel is different. She walks lightly, old man. She walks lightly upon the earth. Hazel knows the truth: We're as likely to hurt the universe as we are to help it, and we're not likely to do either. People will say it's sad that she leaves a lesser scar, that fewer remember her, that she was loved deeply but not widely. But it's not sad, Van Houten. It's triumphant. It's heroic. Isn't that the real heroism? Like the doctors say: First, do no harm. The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention. The guy who invented the smallpox vaccine didn't actually invent anything. He just noticed that people with cowpox didn't get smallpox. ... But then I wanted more time so we could fall in love. I got my wish, I suppose. I left my scar. ... What else? She is so beautiful. You don't get tired of looking at her. You never worry if she is smarter than you: You know she is. She is funny without ever being mean. I love her. I am so lucky to love her, Van Houten. You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices. I hope she likes hers.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/here-s-the-thing-about-hazel-almost-everyone-is-obsessed-with-leaving/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84e/john-green-12_animals_here-s-the-thing-about-hazel-almost-ever_1180125.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84e/john-green-12_animals_here-s-the-thing-about-hazel-almost-ever_1180125.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84e/john-green-12_animals_here-s-the-thing-about-hazel-almost-ever_1180125.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Here's the thing about Hazel: Almost everyone is obsessed with leaving a mark upon the world. Bequeathing a…” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Van Houten, I’m a good person but a shitty writer. You’re a shitty person but a good writer. We’d make a good team. I don’t want to ask you any favors, but if you have time – and from what I saw, you have plenty – I was wondering if you could write a eulogy for Hazel. I’ve got notes and everything, but if you could just make it into a coherent whole or whatever? Or even just tell me what I should say differently. Here’s the thing about Hazel: Almost everyone is obsessed with leaving a mark upon the world. Bequeathing a legacy. Outlasting death. We all want to be remembered. I do, too. That’s what bothers me most, is being another unremembered casualty in the ancient and inglorious war against disease. I want to leave a mark. But Van Houten: The marks humans leave are too often scars. You build a hideous minimall or start a coup or try to become a rock star and you think, “They’ll remember me now,” but (a) they don’t remember you, and (b) all you leave behind are more scars. Your coup becomes a dictatorship. Your minimall becomes a lesion. (Okay, maybe I’m not such a shitty writer. But I can’t pull my ideas together, Van Houten. My thoughts are stars I can’t fathom into constellations.) We are like a bunch of dogs squirting on fire hydrants. We poison the groundwater with our toxic piss, marking everything MINE in a ridiculous attempt to survive our deaths. I can’t stop pissing on fire hydrants. I know it’s silly and useless – epically useless in my current state – but I am an animal like any other. Hazel is different. She walks lightly, old man. She walks lightly upon the earth. Hazel knows the truth: We’re as likely to hurt the universe as we are to help it, and we’re not likely to do either. People will say it’s sad that she leaves a lesser scar, that fewer remember her, that she was loved deeply but not widely. But it’s not sad, Van Houten. It’s triumphant. It’s heroic. Isn’t that the real heroism? Like the doctors say: First, do no harm. The real heroes anyway aren’t the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention. The guy who invented the smallpox vaccine didn’t actually invented anything. He just noticed that people with cowpox didn’t get smallpox. After my PET scan lit up, I snuck into the ICU and saw her while she was unconscious. I just walked in behind a nurse with a badge and I got to sit next to her for like ten minutes before I got caught. I really thought she was going to die, too. It was brutal: the incessant mechanized haranguing of intensive care. She had this dark cancer water dripping out of her chest. Eyes closed. Intubated. But her hand was still her hand, still warm and the nails painted this almost black dark blue and I just held her hand and tried to imagine the world without us and for about one second I was a good enough person to hope she died so she would never know that I was going, too. But then I wanted more time so we could fall in love. I got my wish, I suppose. I left my scar. A nurse guy came in and told me I had to leave, that visitors weren’t allowed, and I asked if she was doing okay, and the guy said, “She’s still taking on water.” A desert blessing, an ocean curse. What else? She is so beautiful. You don’t get tired of looking at her. You never worry if she is smarter than you: You know she is. She is funny without ever being mean. I love her. I am so lucky to love her, Van Houten. You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices. 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