--- title: "6 Margo Roth Quotes by 1 author" description: "Browse 6 Margo Roth quotes by 1 author. Discover the best Margo Roth sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/john-green-12_castes_to-find-margo-roth-spiegelman-you-must-b_364567.jpg" --- > [To find Margo Roth Spiegelman, you must become Margo Roth Spiegelman. And I had done many of the things she might have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/to-find-margo-roth-spiegelman-you-must-become-margo-roth-spiegelman/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/john-green-12_castes_to-find-margo-roth-spiegelman-you-must-b_364567.jpg) > [“Everything's uglier close up -Margo Roth Spiegelman”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/everything-s-uglier-close-up-margo-roth-spiegelman/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/john-green-12_margo-roth-spiegelma_everything-s-uglier-close-up-margo-roth_585721.jpg) > [“there she is, and I am watching her through Plexiglas, and she looks like Margo Roth Spiegelman, this girl I have known…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/there-she-is-and-i-am-watching-her-through-plexiglas-and-she-looks/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/john-green-12_believe_there-she-is-and-i-am-watching-her-throu_954922.jpg) > [“In the end, you could not say that Margo Roth Spiegelman was fat, or that she was skinny, any more than you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/in-the-end-you-could-not-say-that-margo-roth-spiegelman-was-fat-or/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/john-green-12_eiffel-tower_in-the-end-you-could-not-say-that-margo_1225512.jpg) > [“And all at once I knew how Margo Roth Spiegelman felt when she wasn't being Margo Roth Spiegelman: she felt empty. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/and-all-at-once-i-knew-how-margo-roth-spiegelman-felt-when-she-wasn-t/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/john-green-12_margo-roth-spiegelma_and-all-at-once-i-knew-how-margo-roth-sp_1704627.jpg) > [“Like me. Margo Roth Spiegelman was a person, too. And I had never quite thought of her that way, not really; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/like-me-margo-roth-spiegelman-was-a-person-too-and-i-had-never-quite/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/433/john-green-12_fear_like-me-margo-roth-spiegelman-was-a-pers_2748283.jpg) ## Top authors on Margo Roth - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-green-51499.jpg) John Green 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/margo-roth/john-green/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/margo-roth/#itemlist", "name": "Margo Roth Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To find Margo Roth Spiegelman, you must become Margo Roth Spiegelman. 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