--- title: "7 I m sorry Quotes By John Green" description: "7 I m sorry quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more I m sorry sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e06/john-green-12_enough_i-was-so-frustrated-with-him-i-just-want_45683.jpg" --- > [I was so frustrated with him. "I just want to be enough for you, but I never can be. This can never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-was-so-frustrated-with-him-i-just-want-to-be-enough-for-you-but-i/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e06/john-green-12_enough_i-was-so-frustrated-with-him-i-just-want_45683.jpg) > [I'm sorry. I know you loved her. It was hard not to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-m-sorry-i-know-you-loved-her-it-was-hard-not-to/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/870/john-green-12_i-m-sorry_i-m-sorry-i-know-you-loved-her-it-was-ha_764125.jpg) > [So I let her go, too. And I'm sorry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/so-i-let-her-go-too-and-i-m-sorry/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/john-green-12_hipster_so-i-let-her-go-too-and-i-m-sorry-933616_933616.jpg) > [I'm sorry," she says. I wheel around. "You know, you're a total know-it-all. And it's incredibly rude sometimes; I mean, you're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-m-sorry-she-says-i-wheel-around-you-know-you-re-a-total-know-it-all/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/501/john-green-12_demented_i-m-sorry-she-says-i-wheel-around-you-kn_1231714.jpg) > [You can't just make yourself matter and then die, Alaska, because now I am irretrievably different, and I'm sorry I let you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/you-can-t-just-make-yourself-matter-and-then-die-alaska-because-now-i-2/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e0/john-green-12_alaska_you-can-t-just-make-yourself-matter-and_1409804.jpg) > [I could try to pretend that I didn't care anymore, but it could never be true again. You can't just make yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-could-try-to-pretend-that-i-didn-t-care-anymore-but-it-could-never-3/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f1/john-green-12_alaska_i-could-try-to-pretend-that-i-didn-t-car_2306111.jpg) > [C'mon Pudge. I'm teasing. You have to be tough. I didn't know how bad it was-- and I'm sorry, and they'll regret…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/c-mon-pudge-i-m-teasing-you-have-to-be-tough-i-didn-t-know-how-bad-it/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abc/john-green-12_i-m-sorry_c-mon-pudge-i-m-teasing-you-have-to-be-t_2629675.jpg) ## Other authors on I m sorry ## 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/i-m-sorry/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "7 I m sorry Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was so frustrated with him. \"I just want to be enough for you, but I never can be. This can never be enough for you. But this is all you get. You get me, and your family, and this world. This is your life. I'm sorry if it sucks. 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