--- title: "13 Lines Quotes By John Green" description: "13 Lines quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Lines sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/john-green-12_form_standing-in-line-is-a-form-of-oppression_1457289.jpg" --- > [standing in line is a form of oppression](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/standing-in-line-is-a-form-of-oppression/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/john-green-12_form_standing-in-line-is-a-form-of-oppression_1457289.jpg) > [We look back to the most important moment in our history, and that becomes the dividing line between what we were and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-look-back-to-the-most-important-moment-in-our-history-and-that/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/john-green-12_dividing_we-look-back-to-the-most-important-momen_1376869.jpg) > [weltschmerz: its the depression you feel when the world as it is does not line up with the world as you think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/weltschmerz-its-the-depression-you-feel-when-the-world-as-it-is-does/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/849/john-green-12_depression_weltschmerz-its-the-depression-you-feel_1508500.jpg) > [One of the jobs of a writer is to add nuance and ambiguity to that straight line that people often draw to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/one-of-the-jobs-of-a-writer-is-to-add-nuance-and-ambiguity-to-that/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/john-green-12_add_one-of-the-jobs-of-a-writer-is-to-add-nu_379211.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) > [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) > [I believe in that line from An Imperial Affliction. 'The risen sun too bright in her losing eyes.' That's God, I think,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-believe-in-that-line-from-an-imperial-affliction-the-risen-sun-too/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/634/john-green-12_affliction_i-believe-in-that-line-from-an-imperial_1291169.jpg) > [Margo says, "I know what she's talking about. The something deeper and more secret. It's like cracks inside of you. Like there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/margo-says-i-know-what-she-s-talking-about-the-something-deeper-and/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/john-green-12_cracks_margo-says-i-know-what-she-s-talking-abo_2632800.jpg) > [Shame about how we’re gonna die here, though. I mean, seriously. An Arab and a half-Jew enter a store in Tennessee. It’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/shame-about-how-we-re-gonna-die-here-though-i-mean-seriously-an-arab/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/731/john-green-12_half_shame-about-how-we-re-gonna-die-here-tho_1017401.jpg) > [Given the final futility of our struggle, is the fleeting jolt of meaning that art gives us valuable? Or is the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/given-the-final-futility-of-our-struggle-is-the-fleeting-jolt-of/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/john-green-12_alarms_given-the-final-futility-of-our-struggle_893263.jpg) > [But when it came right down to it, the skin of my wrist looked so white and defensless that I couldn't do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/but-when-it-came-right-down-to-it-the-skin-of-my-wrist-looked-so-3/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c5/john-green-12_blue_but-when-it-came-right-down-to-it-the-sk_2038360.jpg) > [If he is anything other than a total gentleman, I’m going to gouge his eyes out.” “So you’re into it.” “Withholding judgment!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/if-he-is-anything-other-than-a-total-gentleman-i-m-going-to-gouge-his/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7d/john-green-12_affliction_if-he-is-anything-other-than-a-total-gen_1699065.jpg) > [And then we were kissing. My hand let go of the oxygen cart and I reached up for his neck, and he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/and-then-we-were-kissing-my-hand-let-go-of-the-oxygen-cart-and-i/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/030/john-green-12_betrayal_and-then-we-were-kissing-my-hand-let-go_654658.jpg) ## Other authors on Lines ## 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/lines/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "13 Lines Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "standing in line is a form of oppression", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/standing-in-line-is-a-form-of-oppression/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/john-green-12_form_standing-in-line-is-a-form-of-oppression_1457289.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/john-green-12_form_standing-in-line-is-a-form-of-oppression_1457289.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/john-green-12_form_standing-in-line-is-a-form-of-oppression_1457289.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“standing in line is a form of oppression” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We look back to the most important moment in our history, and that becomes the dividing line between what we were and what we are now.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-look-back-to-the-most-important-moment-in-our-history-and-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/john-green-12_dividing_we-look-back-to-the-most-important-momen_1376869.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/john-green-12_dividing_we-look-back-to-the-most-important-momen_1376869.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/john-green-12_dividing_we-look-back-to-the-most-important-momen_1376869.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We look back to the most important moment in our history, and that becomes the dividing line between what we…” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "weltschmerz: its the depression you feel when the world as it is does not line up with the world as you think it should be.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/weltschmerz-its-the-depression-you-feel-when-the-world-as-it-is-does/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/849/john-green-12_depression_weltschmerz-its-the-depression-you-feel_1508500.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/849/john-green-12_depression_weltschmerz-its-the-depression-you-feel_1508500.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/849/john-green-12_depression_weltschmerz-its-the-depression-you-feel_1508500.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“weltschmerz: its the depression you feel when the world as it is does not line up with the world as you…” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One of the jobs of a writer is to add nuance and ambiguity to that straight line that people often draw to very specific kinds of heroism. Most of us don't get to be Snooki. For most of us heroism has to be in our everyday lives.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/one-of-the-jobs-of-a-writer-is-to-add-nuance-and-ambiguity-to-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/john-green-12_add_one-of-the-jobs-of-a-writer-is-to-add-nu_379211.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/john-green-12_add_one-of-the-jobs-of-a-writer-is-to-add-nu_379211.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/john-green-12_add_one-of-the-jobs-of-a-writer-is-to-add-nu_379211.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One of the jobs of a writer is to add nuance and ambiguity to that straight line that people often draw to…” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "...all I have to do is stay in between the lines and make sure that no one is too close to me and I am not too close to anyone and keep leaving. Maybe it felt like this for her, too, but I could never feel like this alone.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/all-i-have-to-do-is-stay-in-between-the-lines-and-make-sure-that-no/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/john-green-12_between-the-lines_all-i-have-to-do-is-stay-in-between-the_2408989.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/john-green-12_between-the-lines_all-i-have-to-do-is-stay-in-between-the_2408989.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/john-green-12_between-the-lines_all-i-have-to-do-is-stay-in-between-the_2408989.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...all I have to do is stay in between the lines and make sure that no one is too close to me and I am not…” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And then the line was quite but not dead. I almost felt like he was there in my room with me, but in a way it was better, like I was not in my room and he was not in his, but instead we were together in some invisible and tenuous third space that could only be visited on the phone.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/and-then-the-line-was-quite-but-not-dead-i-almost-felt-like-he-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87d/john-green-12_invisible_and-then-the-line-was-quite-but-not-dead_219367.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87d/john-green-12_invisible_and-then-the-line-was-quite-but-not-dead_219367.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87d/john-green-12_invisible_and-then-the-line-was-quite-but-not-dead_219367.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And then the line was quite but not dead. 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Like there are these fault lines where things don't meet up right.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/margo-says-i-know-what-she-s-talking-about-the-something-deeper-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/john-green-12_cracks_margo-says-i-know-what-she-s-talking-abo_2632800.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/john-green-12_cracks_margo-says-i-know-what-she-s-talking-abo_2632800.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/john-green-12_cracks_margo-says-i-know-what-she-s-talking-abo_2632800.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Margo says, \"I know what she's talking about. The something deeper and more secret. 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It’s the beginning of a joke, and the punch line is “sodomy’’.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/shame-about-how-we-re-gonna-die-here-though-i-mean-seriously-an-arab/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/731/john-green-12_half_shame-about-how-we-re-gonna-die-here-tho_1017401.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/731/john-green-12_half_shame-about-how-we-re-gonna-die-here-tho_1017401.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/731/john-green-12_half_shame-about-how-we-re-gonna-die-here-tho_1017401.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Shame about how we’re gonna die here, though. I mean, seriously. 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Of course, like all interrogation of the universe, this line of inquiry inevitably reduces us to asking what it means to be human and whether—to borrow a phrase from the angst-encumbered sixteeen-year-olds you no doubt revile—there is a point to it all.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/given-the-final-futility-of-our-struggle-is-the-fleeting-jolt-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/john-green-12_alarms_given-the-final-futility-of-our-struggle_893263.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/john-green-12_alarms_given-the-final-futility-of-our-struggle_893263.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/john-green-12_alarms_given-the-final-futility-of-our-struggle_893263.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Given the final futility of our struggle, is the fleeting jolt of meaning that art gives us valuable? 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