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title: "35 Imagine Quotes By John Green"
description: "35 Imagine quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Imagine sayings from other authors."
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> [“If you dont imagine nothing ever happens at all”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/if-you-dont-imagine-nothing-ever-happens-at-all/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [Imagine others complexly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/imagine-others-complexly/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [Nothing really ever happens like you imagine it will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/nothing-really-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it-will/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [If you don't imagine, nothing ever happens at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/if-you-don-t-imagine-nothing-ever-happens-at-all/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [We imagine people as animals or gods. -But she was just a person, a girl.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-imagine-people-as-animals-or-gods-but-she-was-just-a-person-a-girl/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [“You can imagine another well— but never quite perfectly, you know?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/you-can-imagine-another-well-but-never-quite-perfectly-you-know/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [“But then again, if you don't imagine, nothing ever happens at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/but-then-again-if-you-don-t-imagine-nothing-ever-happens-at-all-2/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [I can't be you. You can't be me. You can imagine another well—but never quite perfectly, you know?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-can-t-be-you-you-can-t-be-me-you-can-imagine-another-well-but-never/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [When we think of death, we often imagine it as happening in degrees: We think of a sick person becoming less and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/when-we-think-of-death-we-often-imagine-it-as-happening-in-degrees-we/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [“And maybe by imagining these futures we can make it real, and maybe not, but either way we must imagine them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/and-maybe-by-imagining-these-futures-we-can-make-it-real-and-maybe/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [You are going to live a good and long life filled with great and terrible moments that you cannot even imagine yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/you-are-going-to-live-a-good-and-long-life-filled-with-great-and/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [I can almost imagine a happiness without her, the ability to let her go, to feel our roots are connected even if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-can-almost-imagine-a-happiness-without-her-the-ability-to-let-her/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [Its almost as if the way you imagine my dead self says more about you than it says about either the person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/its-almost-as-if-the-way-you-imagine-my-dead-self-says-more-about-you/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [As far as all of our identities are dependent on how other people imagine us we are all making ourselves and each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/as-far-as-all-of-our-identities-are-dependent-on-how-other-people/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will... But then again, if you don't imagine, nothing ever happens at all](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/nothing-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it-will-but-then-again-if-you/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [“Maybe by imagining these futures we can make them real, and maybe not, but either way we must imagine them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/maybe-by-imagining-these-futures-we-can-make-them-real-and-maybe-not/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [The ideas of directing attention outward, trying to imagine other people complexly, trying not to see myself as the center of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-ideas-of-directing-attention-outward-trying-to-imagine-other/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [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/)

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> [“I could imagine it. I could remember it. But I couldn't see it again, and it occured to me that the voracious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-could-imagine-it-i-could-remember-it-but-i-couldn-t-see-it-again/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [The way we still essentializ, we're constantly essentializing people as merely poor, or merely other, and in the end you can't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-way-we-still-essentializ-we-re-constantly-essentializing-people/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [One of the pitfalls about writing about illness is that it is very easy to imagine people with cancer as either these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/one-of-the-pitfalls-about-writing-about-illness-is-that-it-is-very/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [You listen to people so that you can imagine them, and you hear all the terrible and wonderful things people do to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/you-listen-to-people-so-that-you-can-imagine-them-and-you-hear-all/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [The vast majority of us imagine ourselves as like literature people or math people. But the truth is that the massive processor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-vast-majority-of-us-imagine-ourselves-as-like-literature-people/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [We can hear others, and we can travel with them without moving, and we can imagine them, and we are all connected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-can-hear-others-and-we-can-travel-with-them-without-moving-and-we/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [So Zeno is most famous for his tortoise paradox. Let us imagine that you are in a race with a tortoise. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/so-zeno-is-most-famous-for-his-tortoise-paradox-let-us-imagine-that/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [All along — not only since she left, but for a decade before — I had been imagining her without listening, without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/all-along-not-only-since-she-left-but-for-a-decade-before-i-had-been/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [I like the strings. I always have. Because that's how it feels. But the strings make pain seem more fatal than it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-like-the-strings-i-always-have-because-that-s-how-it-feels-but-the/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [I was blind and heart broken and didn't want to do anything and Gus burst into my room and shouted, "I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-was-blind-and-heart-broken-and-didn-t-want-to-do-anything-and-gus/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [She had this dark cancer water dripping out of her chest. Eyes closed. Intubated. But her hand was still her hand, still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/she-had-this-dark-cancer-water-dripping-out-of-her-chest-eyes-closed/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [I can't imagine us saying these things to each other out loud. But even if I can't imagine hearing these words, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-can-t-imagine-us-saying-these-things-to-each-other-out-loud-but/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [In general-like not just in fiction but in life-it doesn't work out well when someone imagines someone else as a manic pixie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/in-general-like-not-just-in-fiction-but-in-life-it-doesn-t-work-out/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [It is saying these things that keeps us from falling apart. And maybe by imagining these futures we can make them real,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/it-is-saying-these-things-that-keeps-us-from-falling-apart-and-maybe/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [I'm not from Indianapolis, but I like living in Indianapolis. If I were to explain it, I'd tell someone to imagine a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-m-not-from-indianapolis-but-i-like-living-in-indianapolis-if-i-were/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will," she says. The sky is like a monochromatic contemporary painting, drawing me in with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/nothing-ever-happens-like-you-imagine-it-will-she-says-the-sky-is/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [One of the pitfalls of writing about illness is that it is very easy to imagine people with cancer as either these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/one-of-the-pitfalls-of-writing-about-illness-is-that-it-is-very-easy/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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## Other authors on Imagine

## 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/)

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