--- title: "17 Labyrinth Suffering Quotes By John Green" description: "17 Labyrinth Suffering quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Labyrinth Suffering sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/john-green-12_suffering_the-only-way-out-of-the-labyrinth-of-suf_1007977.jpg" --- > [“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive- lookng for alaska”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-only-way-out-of-the-labyrinth-of-suffering-is-to-forgive-lookng/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/john-green-12_suffering_the-only-way-out-of-the-labyrinth-of-suf_1007977.jpg) > [“the only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is forgiving”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-only-way-out-of-the-labyrinth-of-suffering-is-forgiving/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/533/john-green-12_forgiveness_the-only-way-out-of-the-labyrinth-of-suf_1278788.jpg) > [“How will i ever get out of this labyrinth of suffering ? - A Y.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/how-will-i-ever-get-out-of-this-labyrinth-of-suffering-a-y/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5e/john-green-12_labyrinth_how-will-i-ever-get-out-of-this-labyrint_451280.jpg) > [It's not life or death, the labyrinth. Suffering. Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/it-s-not-life-or-death-the-labyrinth-suffering-doing-wrong-and-having-2/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/john-green-12_death_it-s-not-life-or-death-the-labyrinth-suf_1873734.jpg) > [The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-only-way-out-of-the-labyrinth-of-suffering-is-to-forgive/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff4/john-green-12_compassion_the-only-way-out-of-the-labyrinth-of-suf_2299012.jpg) > [There's your labyrinth of suffering. We are all going. Find your way out of that maze.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/there-s-your-labyrinth-of-suffering-we-are-all-going-find-your-way/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19c/john-green-12_labyrinth_there-s-your-labyrinth-of-suffering-we-a_1765754.jpg) > [“How will we ever get out of this labyrinth of suffering?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/how-will-we-ever-get-out-of-this-labyrinth-of-suffering/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a83/john-green-12_john-green_how-will-we-ever-get-out-of-this-labyrin_1093259.jpg) > [ “We have to forgive to survive in this labyrinth \[of suffering\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-have-to-forgive-to-survive-in-this-labyrinth-of-suffering/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/john-green-12_forgive_we-have-to-forgive-to-survive-in-this-la_2372971.jpg) > [“Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you. That’s the problem. Bolívar was talking about the pain, not about the living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/doing-wrong-and-having-wrong-things-happen-to-you-that-s-the-problem/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/john-green-12_alaska-young_doing-wrong-and-having-wrong-things-happ_2721511.jpg) > [“We are all going,” McKinley said to his wife, and we sure are. There’s your labyrinth of suffering. We are all going.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-are-all-going-mckinley-said-to-his-wife-and-we-sure-are-there-s/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a36/john-green-12_marriage_we-are-all-going-mckinley-said-to-his-wi_2032382.jpg) > [“How will we ever get out of this labyrinth of suffering?'… Everybody who has ever lost their way in life has felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/how-will-we-ever-get-out-of-this-labyrinth-of-suffering-everybody-who/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd3/john-green-12_life_how-will-we-ever-get-out-of-this-labyrin_2586515.jpg) > [“she said, "It's not life or death, the labyrinth." "Um, Okay. So what is it?" "Suffering" She said. "Doing wrong and having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/she-said-it-s-not-life-or-death-the-labyrinth-um-okay-so-what-is-it/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ed/john-green-12_death_she-said-it-s-not-life-or-death-the-laby_1873821.jpg) > [It's not life or death, the labyrinth. Suffering. Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you. That's the problem. Bolivar was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/it-s-not-life-or-death-the-labyrinth-suffering-doing-wrong-and-having/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fb/john-green-12_alaska-young_it-s-not-life-or-death-the-labyrinth-suf_171241.jpg) > [“It's not about life or death, the labyrinth." "So what is it?" "Suffering." she said. "Doing wrong and having wrong things happen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/it-s-not-about-life-or-death-the-labyrinth-so-what-is-it-suffering/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea1/john-green-12_death_it-s-not-about-life-or-death-the-labyrin_1042675.jpg) > [“With a sigh, he grabbed hold of his chair and lifted himself out of it, then wrote on the blackboard: How will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/with-a-sigh-he-grabbed-hold-of-his-chair-and-lifted-himself-out-of-it/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/john-green-12_dying_with-a-sigh-he-grabbed-hold-of-his-chair_2076015.jpg) > [She said, "It's not life or death, the labyrinth." "Um, okay. So what is it?" "Suffering," she said. "Doing wrong and having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/she-said-it-s-not-life-or-death-the-labyrinth-um-okay-so-what-is-it-2/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/654/john-green-12_boys_she-said-it-s-not-life-or-death-the-laby_2088026.jpg) > [“Her hand just above my knee, the palm flat and soft against my jeans and her index finger making slow, lazy circles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/her-hand-just-above-my-knee-the-palm-flat-and-soft-against-my-jeans/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d4/john-green-12_alaska-young_her-hand-just-above-my-knee-the-palm-fla_1333872.jpg) ## 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/labyrinth-suffering/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "17 Labyrinth Suffering Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive- lookng for alaska”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-only-way-out-of-the-labyrinth-of-suffering-is-to-forgive-lookng/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/john-green-12_suffering_the-only-way-out-of-the-labyrinth-of-suf_1007977.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/john-green-12_suffering_the-only-way-out-of-the-labyrinth-of-suf_1007977.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/john-green-12_suffering_the-only-way-out-of-the-labyrinth-of-suf_1007977.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive- lookng for alaska” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“the only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is forgiving”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-only-way-out-of-the-labyrinth-of-suffering-is-forgiving/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/533/john-green-12_forgiveness_the-only-way-out-of-the-labyrinth-of-suf_1278788.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/533/john-green-12_forgiveness_the-only-way-out-of-the-labyrinth-of-suf_1278788.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/533/john-green-12_forgiveness_the-only-way-out-of-the-labyrinth-of-suf_1278788.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“the only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is forgiving” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“How will i ever get out of this labyrinth of suffering ? - A Y.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/how-will-i-ever-get-out-of-this-labyrinth-of-suffering-a-y/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5e/john-green-12_labyrinth_how-will-i-ever-get-out-of-this-labyrint_451280.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5e/john-green-12_labyrinth_how-will-i-ever-get-out-of-this-labyrint_451280.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5e/john-green-12_labyrinth_how-will-i-ever-get-out-of-this-labyrint_451280.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“How will i ever get out of this labyrinth of suffering ? - A Y.” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's not life or death, the labyrinth. 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