--- title: "8 Last time Quotes By John Green" description: "8 Last time quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Last time sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/john-green-12_broken_we-play-the-broken-string-of-our-instrum_214101.jpg" --- > [We Play the broken string of our instruments one last time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-play-the-broken-string-of-our-instruments-one-last-time/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/john-green-12_broken_we-play-the-broken-string-of-our-instrum_214101.jpg) > [“The last time I stand in a circle outside the band room in the shade of this oak tree that has protected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-last-time-i-stand-in-a-circle-outside-the-band-room-in-the-shade/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f73/john-green-12_last-time_the-last-time-i-stand-in-a-circle-outsid_1874104.jpg) > [I pointed at the little kids goading each other to jump from rib cage to shoulder and Gus answered just loud enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-pointed-at-the-little-kids-goading-each-other-to-jump-from-rib-cage/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/john-green-12_cages_i-pointed-at-the-little-kids-goading-eac_2053777.jpg) > [The last time I was this scared, I peed myself." "The last time I was this scared," Radar says, "I actually had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-last-time-i-was-this-scared-i-peed-myself-the-last-time-i-was/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/256/john-green-12_dark_the-last-time-i-was-this-scared-i-peed-m_2365937.jpg) > [“Last time, I imagined myself as the kid. This time, the skeleton.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/last-time-i-imagined-myself-as-the-kid-this-time-the-skeleton/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cb/john-green-12_imagined_last-time-i-imagined-myself-as-the-kid-t_2455505.jpg) > [“Imagine taking that last drive to the hospital," I said quietly. "The last time you'll ever drive a car." Without looking over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/imagine-taking-that-last-drive-to-the-hospital-i-said-quietly-the/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/john-green-12_humor_imagine-taking-that-last-drive-to-the-ho_2792591.jpg) > [“Physical space between us evaporates. We play the broken strings of our instruments one last time”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/physical-space-between-us-evaporates-we-play-the-broken-strings-of/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d6/john-green-12_broken_physical-space-between-us-evaporates-we_3052523.jpg) > [“Gus flipped open the egg carton and handed Isaac an egg. Isaac tossed it, missing the car by a solid forty feet.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/gus-flipped-open-the-egg-carton-and-handed-isaac-an-egg-isaac-tossed/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b9/john-green-12_last-time_gus-flipped-open-the-egg-carton-and-hand_3083419.jpg) ## Other authors on Last time ## 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/last-time/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "8 Last time Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We Play the broken string of our instruments one last time", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-play-the-broken-string-of-our-instruments-one-last-time/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/john-green-12_broken_we-play-the-broken-string-of-our-instrum_214101.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/john-green-12_broken_we-play-the-broken-string-of-our-instrum_214101.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/john-green-12_broken_we-play-the-broken-string-of-our-instrum_214101.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We Play the broken string of our instruments one last time” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The last time I stand in a circle outside the band room in the shade of this oak tree that has protected generations of band geeks.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-last-time-i-stand-in-a-circle-outside-the-band-room-in-the-shade/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f73/john-green-12_last-time_the-last-time-i-stand-in-a-circle-outsid_1874104.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f73/john-green-12_last-time_the-last-time-i-stand-in-a-circle-outsid_1874104.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f73/john-green-12_last-time_the-last-time-i-stand-in-a-circle-outsid_1874104.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The last time I stand in a circle outside the band room in the shade of this oak tree that has protected…” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I pointed at the little kids goading each other to jump from rib cage to shoulder and Gus answered just loud enough for me to hear over the din, 'Last time, I imagined myself as the kid. 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