--- title: "7 Fake Quotes By John Green" description: "7 Fake quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Fake sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eac/john-green-12_enough_you-see-how-fake-it-all-is-it-s-not-even_222415.jpg" --- > [You see how fake it all is. It's not even hard enough to be made out of plastic. It's a paper town.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/you-see-how-fake-it-all-is-it-s-not-even-hard-enough-to-be-made-out/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eac/john-green-12_enough_you-see-how-fake-it-all-is-it-s-not-even_222415.jpg) > [The minister said, “Let us pray,” but as everyone else bowed their head, I could only stare slack-jawed at the sight of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-minister-said-let-us-pray-but-as-everyone-else-bowed-their-head-i/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f02/john-green-12_fake_the-minister-said-let-us-pray-but-as-eve_672731.jpg) > [“Here's what's not beautiful about it: from here, you can't see the rust or the cracked paint or whatever, but you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/here-s-what-s-not-beautiful-about-it-from-here-you-can-t-see-the-rust/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df3/john-green-12_beauty_here-s-what-s-not-beautiful-about-it-fro_1047033.jpg) > [Me: "If you want me to be a teenager, don't send me to Support Group. Buy me a fake ID so I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/me-if-you-want-me-to-be-a-teenager-don-t-send-me-to-support-group-buy/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/109/john-green-12_clubs_me-if-you-want-me-to-be-a-teenager-don-t_1664031.jpg) > [“God! I can't stand these fake grievers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/god-i-can-t-stand-these-fake-grievers/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df9/john-green-12_quote_god-i-can-t-stand-these-fake-grievers-19_1989905.jpg) > [... she called it a paper town. Like, you know, everything so fake and flimsy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/she-called-it-a-paper-town-like-you-know-everything-so-fake-and-flimsy/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/181/john-green-12_fake_she-called-it-a-paper-town-like-you-know_2299822.jpg) > [“If you want me to be a teenager, don't send me to Support Group. Buy me a fake ID so I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/if-you-want-me-to-be-a-teenager-don-t-send-me-to-support-group-buy-me/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/john-green-12_fake_if-you-want-me-to-be-a-teenager-don-t-se_2804413.jpg) ## Other authors on Fake ## 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/fake/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "7 Fake Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You see how fake it all is. It's not even hard enough to be made out of plastic. 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