--- title: "6 Love Said Quotes By John Green" description: "6 Love Said quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Love Said sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/981/john-green-12_argument_let-us-go-through-certain-half-deserted_760771.jpg" --- > [Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, / The muttering retreats / Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels / And sawdust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/let-us-go-through-certain-half-deserted-streets-the-muttering/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/981/john-green-12_argument_let-us-go-through-certain-half-deserted_760771.jpg) > [I'm in love with you," he said quietly. "Augustus," I said. "I am," he said. He was staring at me, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-m-in-love-with-you-he-said-quietly-augustus-i-said-i-am-he-said-he/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/john-green-12_augustus_i-m-in-love-with-you-he-said-quietly-aug_1126115.jpg) > [“I felt bashful, like I had when I'd first told him of An Imperial Affliction. "Um, okay. Okay. 'Let us go, trough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-felt-bashful-like-i-had-when-i-d-first-told-him-of-an-imperial/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/john-green-12_love_i-felt-bashful-like-i-had-when-i-d-first_1383885.jpg) > [“Love"I'm in love with you," he said quietly. "Augustus,"I said. "I am," he said. He was staring at me, and I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/love-i-m-in-love-with-you-he-said-quietly-augustus-i-said-i-am-he/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f28/john-green-12_business_love-i-m-in-love-with-you-he-said-quietl_1593182.jpg) > [I was thinking about this girl you love so much," she said, "And this place I love so much. And how that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-was-thinking-about-this-girl-you-love-so-much-she-said-and-this/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c3/john-green-12_fall_i-was-thinking-about-this-girl-you-love_2334318.jpg) > [“Colin thought about the dork mantra: sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. What a dirty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/colin-thought-about-the-dork-mantra-sticks-and-stones-may-break-my-2/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/john-green-12_sticks-and-stones_colin-thought-about-the-dork-mantra-stic_2372036.jpg) ## Other authors on Love Said ## 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/love-said/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "6 Love Said Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, / The muttering retreats / Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels / And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: / Streets that follow like a tedious argument / Of insidious intent / To lead you to an overwhelming question.../ Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?' / Let us go and make our visit\"' 'I'm in love with you,' he said quietly.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/let-us-go-through-certain-half-deserted-streets-the-muttering/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/981/john-green-12_argument_let-us-go-through-certain-half-deserted_760771.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/981/john-green-12_argument_let-us-go-through-certain-half-deserted_760771.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/981/john-green-12_argument_let-us-go-through-certain-half-deserted_760771.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, / The muttering retreats / Of restless nights in one-night…” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm in love with you,\" he said quietly. \"Augustus,\" I said. \"I am,\" he said. 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