--- title: "17 Leaving Quotes By John Green" description: "17 Leaving quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Leaving sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/john-green-12_feels_leaving-feels-too-good-once-you-leave-22_2268648.jpg" --- > [Leaving feels too good, once you leave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/leaving-feels-too-good-once-you-leave/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/john-green-12_feels_leaving-feels-too-good-once-you-leave-22_2268648.jpg) > [“Do I just keep leaving places, and leaving them, and leaving them, tramping a perpetual journey?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/do-i-just-keep-leaving-places-and-leaving-them-and-leaving-them/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/john-green-12_leaving_do-i-just-keep-leaving-places-and-leavin_2898297.jpg) > [“Leaving feels good and pure only when you leave something important, something that mattered to you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/leaving-feels-good-and-pure-only-when-you-leave-something-important/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/john-green-12_leave_leaving-feels-good-and-pure-only-when-yo_565409.jpg) > [It is very sad to me that some people are so intent on leaving their mark on the world that they don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/it-is-very-sad-to-me-that-some-people-are-so-intent-on-leaving-their-2/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e11/john-green-12_care_it-is-very-sad-to-me-that-some-people-ar_2860791.jpg) > [“It's so hard to leave-until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world...Leaving feels too good, once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/it-s-so-hard-to-leave-until-you-leave-and-then-it-is-the-easiest/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/john-green-12_quote_it-s-so-hard-to-leave-until-you-leave-an_934170.jpg) > [“leaving senior year like: its hard to leave to you leave, then its the eased goddam thing you've ever done.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/leaving-senior-year-like-its-hard-to-leave-to-you-leave-then-its-the/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/098/john-green-12_leaving_leaving-senior-year-like-its-hard-to-lea_790904.jpg) > [And as paralyzing and upsetting as all the never agains were, the final leaving felt perfect. Pure. The most distilled possible form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/and-as-paralyzing-and-upsetting-as-all-the-never-agains-were-the/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a63/john-green-12_finals_and-as-paralyzing-and-upsetting-as-all-t_736884.jpg) > [It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/it-is-so-hard-to-leave-until-you-leave-and-then-it-is-the-easiest/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af7/john-green-12_easiest_it-is-so-hard-to-leave-until-you-leave-a_342927.jpg) > [Almost everyone is obsessed with leaving a mark upon the world. Bequeathing a legacy. Outlasting death. We all want to be remembered.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/almost-everyone-is-obsessed-with-leaving-a-mark-upon-the-world/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f9/john-green-12_ancient_almost-everyone-is-obsessed-with-leaving_1860656.jpg) > [“Because Margo knows the secret of leaving, the secret I have only just now learned; leaving feels good and pure only when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/because-margo-knows-the-secret-of-leaving-the-secret-i-have-only-just-2/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7f/john-green-12_feels-good_because-margo-knows-the-secret-of-leavin_3177941.jpg) > [...all I have to do is stay in between the lines and make sure that no one is too close to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/all-i-have-to-do-is-stay-in-between-the-lines-and-make-sure-that-no/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/john-green-12_between-the-lines_all-i-have-to-do-is-stay-in-between-the_2408989.jpg) > [Leaving feels good and pure only when you leave something important, something that mattered to you. Pulling life out by the roots.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/leaving-feels-good-and-pure-only-when-you-leave-something-important-2/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb6/john-green-12_feel-good_leaving-feels-good-and-pure-only-when-yo_2020047.jpg) > [And I wanted to tell her that the pleasure for me wasn't planning or doing or leaving; the pleasure was in seeing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/and-i-wanted-to-tell-her-that-the-pleasure-for-me-wasn-t-planning-or/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2e/john-green-12_back-together_and-i-wanted-to-tell-her-that-the-pleasu_369925.jpg) > [I leave, and the leaving is so exhilarating I know I can never go back. But then what? Do I just keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-leave-and-the-leaving-is-so-exhilarating-i-know-i-can-never-go-back/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ba/john-green-12_exhilarating_i-leave-and-the-leaving-is-so-exhilarati_2935239.jpg) > [But that wasn't quite right. I called it a nine because I was saving my ten. And here it was, the great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/but-that-wasn-t-quite-right-i-called-it-a-nine-because-i-was-saving/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f2/john-green-12_bed_but-that-wasn-t-quite-right-i-called-it_163655.jpg) > [And as paralyzing and upsetting as all the never agains were, the final leaving felt perfect. Pure. The most distilled possible form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/and-as-paralyzing-and-upsetting-as-all-the-never-agains-were-the-2/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a67/john-green-12_distance_and-as-paralyzing-and-upsetting-as-all-t_2254094.jpg) > [It was not enough to be the last guy she kissed. I wanted to be the last one she loved. And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/it-was-not-enough-to-be-the-last-guy-she-kissed-i-wanted-to-be-the/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec9/john-green-12_caring_it-was-not-enough-to-be-the-last-guy-she_1126808.jpg) ## Other authors on Leaving ## 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/leaving/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "17 Leaving Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Leaving feels too good, once you leave.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/leaving-feels-too-good-once-you-leave/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/john-green-12_feels_leaving-feels-too-good-once-you-leave-22_2268648.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/john-green-12_feels_leaving-feels-too-good-once-you-leave-22_2268648.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/john-green-12_feels_leaving-feels-too-good-once-you-leave-22_2268648.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Leaving feels too good, once you leave.” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Do I just keep leaving places, and leaving them, and leaving them, tramping a perpetual journey?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/do-i-just-keep-leaving-places-and-leaving-them-and-leaving-them/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/john-green-12_leaving_do-i-just-keep-leaving-places-and-leavin_2898297.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/john-green-12_leaving_do-i-just-keep-leaving-places-and-leavin_2898297.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/john-green-12_leaving_do-i-just-keep-leaving-places-and-leavin_2898297.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Do I just keep leaving places, and leaving them, and leaving them, tramping a perpetual journey?” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Leaving feels good and pure only when you leave something important, something that mattered to you.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/leaving-feels-good-and-pure-only-when-you-leave-something-important/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/john-green-12_leave_leaving-feels-good-and-pure-only-when-yo_565409.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/john-green-12_leave_leaving-feels-good-and-pure-only-when-yo_565409.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/john-green-12_leave_leaving-feels-good-and-pure-only-when-yo_565409.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Leaving feels good and pure only when you leave something important, something that mattered to you.” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is very sad to me that some people are so intent on leaving their mark on the world that they don’t care if that mark is a scar.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/it-is-very-sad-to-me-that-some-people-are-so-intent-on-leaving-their-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e11/john-green-12_care_it-is-very-sad-to-me-that-some-people-ar_2860791.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e11/john-green-12_care_it-is-very-sad-to-me-that-some-people-ar_2860791.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e11/john-green-12_care_it-is-very-sad-to-me-that-some-people-ar_2860791.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is very sad to me that some people are so intent on leaving their mark on the world that they don’t care…” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It's so hard to leave-until you leave. 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