--- title: "12 Invisible Quotes By John Green" description: "12 Invisible quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Invisible sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4aa/john-green-12_invisible_light-the-visible-reminder-of-invisible_1941097.jpg" --- > [Light, the visible reminder of Invisible Light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/light-the-visible-reminder-of-invisible-light/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4aa/john-green-12_invisible_light-the-visible-reminder-of-invisible_1941097.jpg) > [“He was nearsighted. The future lay before him, inevitable but invisible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/he-was-nearsighted-the-future-lay-before-him-inevitable-but-invisible/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e81/john-green-12_future_he-was-nearsighted-the-future-lay-before_1232165.jpg) > [The future lay before him, inevitable but invisible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-future-lay-before-him-inevitable-but-invisible/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/john-green-12_future_the-future-lay-before-him-inevitable-but_2727120.jpg) > [Something invisible snapped inside her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/something-invisible-snapped-inside-her/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/522/john-green-12_hipster_something-invisible-snapped-inside-her-2_2149713.jpg) > [Colin Singleton’s distance from his glasses made him realize the problem: myopia. He was nearsighted. The future lay before him, inevitable but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/colin-singleton-s-distance-from-his-glasses-made-him-realize-the/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/215/john-green-12_colin-singleton_colin-singleton-s-distance-from-his-glas_2046157.jpg) > [“his, but instead we were together in some invisible and tenuous third space that could only be visited on the phone. “Okay,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/his-but-instead-we-were-together-in-some-invisible-and-tenuous-third/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f7/john-green-12_quote_his-but-instead-we-were-together-in-some_1788013.jpg) > [And then something invisible snapped insider her, and that which had come together commenced to fall apart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/and-then-something-invisible-snapped-insider-her-and-that-which-had/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c7/john-green-12_fall_and-then-something-invisible-snapped-ins_1486109.jpg) > [We're invisible. I've never been here with someone else. It's different being invisible with someone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-re-invisible-i-ve-never-been-here-with-someone-else-it-s-different/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/john-green-12_different_we-re-invisible-i-ve-never-been-here-wit_3081004.jpg) > [“He could just never see anything coming. He was nearsighted. The future lay before him inevitable yet invisible”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/he-could-just-never-see-anything-coming-he-was-nearsighted-the-future/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/john-green-12_time_he-could-just-never-see-anything-coming_2058510.jpg) > [“we were together in some invisible and tenuous third space that could only be visited on the phone”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-were-together-in-some-invisible-and-tenuous-third-space-that-could/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f97/john-green-12_space_we-were-together-in-some-invisible-and-t_1358824.jpg) > [And then the line was quite but not dead. I almost felt like he was there in my room with me, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/and-then-the-line-was-quite-but-not-dead-i-almost-felt-like-he-was/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87d/john-green-12_invisible_and-then-the-line-was-quite-but-not-dead_219367.jpg) > [People thought he was a glutton for punishment, that he liked getting dumped. But it wasn't like that. He could just never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/people-thought-he-was-a-glutton-for-punishment-that-he-liked-getting/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c94/john-green-12_colin-singleton_people-thought-he-was-a-glutton-for-puni_2964887.jpg) ## Other authors on Invisible ## 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/invisible/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "12 Invisible Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Light, the visible reminder of Invisible Light.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/light-the-visible-reminder-of-invisible-light/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4aa/john-green-12_invisible_light-the-visible-reminder-of-invisible_1941097.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4aa/john-green-12_invisible_light-the-visible-reminder-of-invisible_1941097.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4aa/john-green-12_invisible_light-the-visible-reminder-of-invisible_1941097.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Light, the visible reminder of Invisible Light.” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He was nearsighted. 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