--- title: "10 Minutes Quotes By John Green" description: "10 Minutes quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Minutes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a63/john-green-12_flirting_he-responded-a-few-minutes-later-okay-i_2685372.jpg" --- > [He responded a few minutes later. Okay. I wrote back. Okay. He responded: Oh, my God, stop flirting with me!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/he-responded-a-few-minutes-later-okay-i-wrote-back-okay-he-responded/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a63/john-green-12_flirting_he-responded-a-few-minutes-later-okay-i_2685372.jpg) > [Remember that time in the minivan, twenty minutes ago, when we didn't die?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/remember-that-time-in-the-minivan-twenty-minutes-ago-when-we-didn-t/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20d/john-green-12_minivans_remember-that-time-in-the-minivan-twenty_3199691.jpg) > [It took me a sleeve of Girl Scout Thin Mints and forty minutes to get over that boy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/it-took-me-a-sleeve-of-girl-scout-thin-mints-and-forty-minutes-to-get/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a7/john-green-12_boys_it-took-me-a-sleeve-of-girl-scout-thin-m_3195152.jpg) > [Think for one minute of those who have loved you up into this day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/think-for-one-minute-of-those-who-have-loved-you-up-into-this-day/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/242/john-green-12_minutes_think-for-one-minute-of-those-who-have-l_1169061.jpg) > [The ideas of directing attention outward, trying to imagine other people complexly, trying not to see myself as the center of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-ideas-of-directing-attention-outward-trying-to-imagine-other/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be8/john-green-12_attention_the-ideas-of-directing-attention-outward_156798.jpg) > [The idea is that for ten minutes, we forget that we have feelings. And we forget about protecting ourselves or other people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-idea-is-that-for-ten-minutes-we-forget-that-we-have-feelings-and/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae8/john-green-12_feelings_the-idea-is-that-for-ten-minutes-we-forg_1045239.jpg) > [Cause I'm just - I want to go to Amsterdam, and I want him to tell me what happens after the book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/cause-i-m-just-i-want-to-go-to-amsterdam-and-i-want-him-to-tell-me/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e06/john-green-12_amsterdam_cause-i-m-just-i-want-to-go-to-amsterdam_2802632.jpg) > [All salvation is temporary," Augustus shot back. "I bought them a minute. Maybe that's the minute that buys them an hour, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/all-salvation-is-temporary-augustus-shot-back-i-bought-them-a-minute/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/263/john-green-12_augustus_all-salvation-is-temporary-augustus-shot_2941888.jpg) > [“And what is an "instant" death anyway? How long is an instant? Is itone second? Ten? The pain of those seconds must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/and-what-is-an-instant-death-anyway-how-long-is-an-instant-is-itone/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e48/john-green-12_air_and-what-is-an-instant-death-anyway-how_210666.jpg) > [Tiny, the next time that you try to set me up with a girl with a secret boyfriend can you at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/tiny-the-next-time-that-you-try-to-set-me-up-with-a-girl-with-a/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/671/john-green-12_assuming_tiny-the-next-time-that-you-try-to-set-m_1125201.jpg) ## Other authors on Minutes ## 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/minutes/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "10 Minutes Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He responded a few minutes later. Okay. I wrote back. Okay. 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