--- title: "7 Loud Quotes By John Green" description: "7 Loud quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Loud sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/john-green-12_distance_it-s-more-impressive-i-said-out-loud-fro_704051.jpg" --- > [It's more impressive," I said out loud. "From a distance, I mean. You can't see the wear on things, you know? You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/it-s-more-impressive-i-said-out-loud-from-a-distance-i-mean-you-can-t/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/john-green-12_distance_it-s-more-impressive-i-said-out-loud-fro_704051.jpg) > [He took a long drink, then grimaced. “I do not have a drinking problem,” he announced, his voice needlessly loud. “I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/he-took-a-long-drink-then-grimaced-i-do-not-have-a-drinking-problem/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/709/john-green-12_alcohol_he-took-a-long-drink-then-grimaced-i-do_1862707.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) > [I can't imagine us saying these things to each other out loud. But even if I can't imagine hearing these words, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-can-t-imagine-us-saying-these-things-to-each-other-out-loud-but/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/john-green-12_feels_i-can-t-imagine-us-saying-these-things-t_2142950.jpg) > [Yeah, so if that guy can make it in drunk, surely we can make it in sober. I mean, we’re ninjas.' 'Well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/yeah-so-if-that-guy-can-make-it-in-drunk-surely-we-can-make-it-in/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/john-green-12_awkward_yeah-so-if-that-guy-can-make-it-in-drunk_2464768.jpg) > [Something about telling that story made my gut grow back together." What?" Oh, nothing. Just thinking out loud." That's who you really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/something-about-telling-that-story-made-my-gut-grow-back-together/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a0/john-green-12_back-together_something-about-telling-that-story-made_2679085.jpg) > [That's who you really like. The people you can think out loud in front of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/that-s-who-you-really-like-the-people-you-can-think-out-loud-in-front/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/643/john-green-12_i-hate-you_that-s-who-you-really-like-the-people-yo_3212705.jpg) ## Other authors on Loud ## 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/loud/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "7 Loud Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's more impressive,\" I said out loud. \"From a distance, I mean. You can't see the wear on things, you know? You can't see the rust or the weeds or the paint cracking. 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