--- title: "8 Likes Quotes By John Green" description: "8 Likes quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Likes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/879/john-green-12_old-man_what-else-she-is-so-beautiful-you-don-t_820018.jpg" --- > [What else? She is so beautiful. You don’t get tired of looking at her. You never worry if she is smarter than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/what-else-she-is-so-beautiful-you-don-t-get-tired-of-looking-at-her-2/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/879/john-green-12_old-man_what-else-she-is-so-beautiful-you-don-t_820018.jpg) > [“You can't live with the idea that someone might leave. So instead of being happy for me, like any normal person, you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/you-can-t-live-with-the-idea-that-someone-might-leave-so-instead-of/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f55/john-green-12_good-friend_you-can-t-live-with-the-idea-that-someon_2078779.jpg) > [There is always the risk: something is good and good and good and good, and then all at once it gets awkward.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/there-is-always-the-risk-something-is-good-and-good-and-good-and-good/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/870/john-green-12_awkward_there-is-always-the-risk-something-is-go_2266149.jpg) > [“What else? She is so beautiful. You don't get tired of looking at her. You never worry if she is smarter than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/what-else-she-is-so-beautiful-you-don-t-get-tired-of-looking-at-her-3/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/485/john-green-12_beautiful_what-else-she-is-so-beautiful-you-don-t_2309554.jpg) > [Because you're only thinking they-might-not-like-me-they-might-not-like-me, and guess what? When you act like that, no one likes you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/because-you-re-only-thinking-they-might-not-like-me-they-might-not/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ece/john-green-12_likes_because-you-re-only-thinking-they-might_2398285.jpg) > [Because it's kind of great, being an idea that everybody likes. But I could never be the idea to myself, not all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/because-it-s-kind-of-great-being-an-idea-that-everybody-likes-but-i-2/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a51/john-green-12_great-idea_because-it-s-kind-of-great-being-an-idea_2510990.jpg) > [I figured something out," he said aloud. "The future is unpredictable." Hassan said, "Sometimes the kafir likes to say massively obvious things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-figured-something-out-he-said-aloud-the-future-is-unpredictable/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfd/john-green-12_hassan_i-figured-something-out-he-said-aloud-th_2640821.jpg) > [Because it's kind of great, being an idea that everybody likes. But I could never be the idea to myself, not all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/because-it-s-kind-of-great-being-an-idea-that-everybody-likes-but-i-3/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/john-green-12_becoming_because-it-s-kind-of-great-being-an-idea_2737035.jpg) ## Other authors on Likes ## 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/likes/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "8 Likes Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What else? She is so beautiful. You don’t get tired of looking at her. You never worry if she is smarter than you: You know she is. She is funny without ever being mean. I love her. I am so lucky to love her, Van Houten. You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices. 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