If we restructure things to see that the hero's journey is a degree in astrophysics rather than a journey to star in… — John Green Copy Share Image
If I ever end up being the kind of person who has one kid and seven bedrooms. Do me a favor and… — John Green Copy Share Image
I'm not from Indianapolis, but I like living in Indianapolis. If I were to explain it, I'd tell someone to imagine a… — John Green Copy Share Image
I hate the idea that, when it comes to books and learning, hard is often seen as the opposite of fun. It's… — John Green Copy Share Image
I think when you're 16, if you have good parents, they generally just fade in the background. I had great parents, and… — John Green Copy Share Image
I think that most of us [writers] would rather have an audience than countless riches. If we wanted to be rich, we'd… — John Green Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If I'm too old to be Emo, how do you account for the very Emo and very old Edgar Allan Poe? Checkmate! — John Green Copy Share Image
Whether the author intended a symbolic resonance to exist in her book is irrelevant. All that matters is whether it's there. Because… — John Green Copy Share Image
Agustus asked if I wanted to go with him to Support Group, but I was really tired from my busy day of… — John Green Copy Share Image
Don't lie to anyone, but particularly don't lie to millennials. They just know. They can smell it. Be yourself: if you're old,… — John Green Copy Share Image
Do you ever wonder whether people would like you more or less if they could see inside you? But I always wonder… — John Green Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if I'm depressed. I mean, I'm not exactly sad. But I'm not exactly happy either. I can laugh and… — John Green Copy Share Image
There are many more jobs out there than you have ever heard of. Your dream job might not yet exist. If you… — John Green Copy Share Image
"Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will," she says. The sky is like a monochromatic contemporary painting, drawing me in with… — John Green Copy Share Image
Do not worry too much about your lawn. You will soon find if you haven't already that almost every adult American devotes… — John Green Copy Share Image
Grief does not change you. It reveals you. And herein lies the gift that cannot die. It changes the course of your… — John Green Copy Share Image
I wanted so badly to lie down next to her on the couch, to wrap my arms around her and sleep... Just… — John Green Copy Share Image
There are at least two distinct meanings of 'hot': there is the, like, normal human definition which is that 'this individual seems… — John Green Copy Share Image
Issac:"I dislike living in a world without Augustus Waters." Computer: "I don't understand-" Issac: "Me neither. Pause — John Green Copy Share Image
She smiled with all the delight of a kid on Christmas morning and said, "Y'all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die." -… — John Green Copy Share Image
Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea… — John Green Copy Share Image
“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,… — John Green Copy Share Image
So I was ugly. I was never fat, really, and I never wore headgear or had zits or anything. But I was ugly. I… — John Green Copy Share Image
“said to him quietly, as if I couldn’t hear or something. Dad was about to respond but I interrupted.” — John Green Copy Share Image
I believe humans have souls, and I believe in the conservation of souls. — John Green Copy Share Image