--- title: "24 Okay Quotes By John Green" description: "24 Okay quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Okay sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/john-green-12_bursting_okay-is-bursting-with-sensuality-2695670_2695670.jpg" --- > [Okay is BURSTING with sensuality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/okay-is-bursting-with-sensuality/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/john-green-12_bursting_okay-is-bursting-with-sensuality-2695670_2695670.jpg) > [Maybe 'okay' will be our 'always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/maybe-okay-will-be-our-always/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f47/john-green-12_alright_maybe-okay-will-be-our-always-24939_24939.jpg) > [“Okay?” I asked. “Okay,” he said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/okay-i-asked-okay-he-said/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a1/john-green-12_quote_okay-i-asked-okay-he-said-1488096_1488096.jpg) > [“Okay can be our always”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/okay-can-be-our-always/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/john-green-12_alright_okay-can-be-our-always-191908_191908.jpg) > [“Perhaps okay will be our always.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/perhaps-okay-will-be-our-always/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46a/john-green-12_alright_perhaps-okay-will-be-our-always-3012644_3012644.jpg) > [Does my eye look okay to you?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/does-my-eye-look-okay-to-you/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc7/john-green-12_doe_does-my-eye-look-okay-to-you-124356_124356.jpg) > [“Okay,” I said. “Okay,” he said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/okay-i-said-okay-he-said/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/add/john-green-12_okay_okay-i-said-okay-he-said-799495_799495.jpg) > [“He wanted her to call; he wanted her to miss him; but as it turned out, he was okay”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/he-wanted-her-to-call-he-wanted-her-to-miss-him-but-as-it-turned-out-2/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/900/john-green-12_okay_he-wanted-her-to-call-he-wanted-her-to-m_2275516.jpg) > [“Maybe okay will be our always." "Okay." "Okay.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/maybe-okay-will-be-our-always-okay-okay/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f2/john-green-12_quote_maybe-okay-will-be-our-always-okay-okay_1716302.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) > [I'm a grenade and at some point I'm going to blow up and I would like to minimize the casualties, okay?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-m-a-grenade-and-at-some-point-i-m-going-to-blow-up-and-i-would-like/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68f/john-green-12_blow_i-m-a-grenade-and-at-some-point-i-m-goin_1957720.jpg) > [I'll fight it. I'll fight it for you. Don't you worry about me, Hazel Grace. I'm okay. I'll find a way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-ll-fight-it-i-ll-fight-it-for-you-don-t-you-worry-about-me-hazel/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/john-green-12_annoying_i-ll-fight-it-i-ll-fight-it-for-you-don_1247525.jpg) > [Okay, maybe I'm not such a shitty writer. But I can't pull my ideas together, Van Houten. My thoughts are stars I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/okay-maybe-i-m-not-such-a-shitty-writer-but-i-can-t-pull-my-ideas/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/040/john-green-12_astronomy_okay-maybe-i-m-not-such-a-shitty-writer_1514888.jpg) > [And okay, fair enough, but there is this unwritten contract between author and reader and I think not ending your book kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/and-okay-fair-enough-but-there-is-this-unwritten-contract-between/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb3/john-green-12_book_and-okay-fair-enough-but-there-is-this-u_3055041.jpg) > [I wanted to know that he would be okay if I died. I wanted to not be a grenade, to not be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-wanted-to-know-that-he-would-be-okay-if-i-died-i-wanted-to-not-be-a/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c0/john-green-12_force_i-wanted-to-know-that-he-would-be-okay-i_603648.jpg) > [The beautiful thing about driving was that it stole just enough of his attention - car parked on the side, maybe a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-beautiful-thing-about-driving-was-that-it-stole-just-enough-of/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/john-green-12_attention_the-beautiful-thing-about-driving-was-th_2621640.jpg) > [So how’s it going?” “Okay. Glad to be home, I guess. Gus told me you were in the ICU?” “Yeah,” I said.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/so-how-s-it-going-okay-glad-to-be-home-i-guess-gus-told-me-you-were/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/333/john-green-12_amsterdam_so-how-s-it-going-okay-glad-to-be-home-i_977658.jpg) > [I love you present tense,” I whispered, and then put my hand on the middle of his chest and said, “It’s okay,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-love-you-present-tense-i-whispered-and-then-put-my-hand-on-the/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/495/john-green-12_gus_i-love-you-present-tense-i-whispered-and_3116085.jpg) > [I am a grenade," I said again. "I just want to stay away from people and read books and think and be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-am-a-grenade-i-said-again-i-just-want-to-stay-away-from-people-and/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e8/john-green-12_book_i-am-a-grenade-i-said-again-i-just-want_775093.jpg) > [“So dawn goes dawn goes down to day, nothing gold can stay." "without pain how could we know joy?" "Come quickly I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/so-dawn-goes-dawn-goes-down-to-day-nothing-gold-can-stay-without-pain/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/john-green-12_dawn_so-dawn-goes-dawn-goes-down-to-day-nothi_2591947.jpg) > [Augustus: “You probably need some rest.” Me: “I’m okay.” Augustus: “Okay.” (Pause.) “What are you thinking about?” Me: “You.” Augustus: “What about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/augustus-you-probably-need-some-rest-me-i-m-okay-augustus-okay-pause/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe2/john-green-12_augustus_augustus-you-probably-need-some-rest-me_654004.jpg) > [She said, "It's not life or death, the labyrinth." "Um, okay. So what is it?" "Suffering," she said. "Doing wrong and having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/she-said-it-s-not-life-or-death-the-labyrinth-um-okay-so-what-is-it-2/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/654/john-green-12_boys_she-said-it-s-not-life-or-death-the-laby_2088026.jpg) > [“Okay,” he said. “I gotta go to sleep. It’s almost one.” “Okay,” I said. “Okay,” he said. I giggled and said, “Okay.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/okay-he-said-i-gotta-go-to-sleep-it-s-almost-one-okay-i-said-okay-he-2/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e35/john-green-12_okay_okay-he-said-i-gotta-go-to-sleep-it-s-al_2702756.jpg) > [Nothing (at least that can be done by humans) immortalizes anyone. The Fault in Our Stars will hopefully have a long and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/nothing-at-least-that-can-be-done-by-humans-immortalizes-anyone-the/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/415/john-green-12_character_nothing-at-least-that-can-be-done-by-hum_3019501.jpg) ## Other authors on Okay ## 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/okay/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "24 Okay Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Okay is BURSTING with sensuality", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/okay-is-bursting-with-sensuality/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/john-green-12_bursting_okay-is-bursting-with-sensuality-2695670_2695670.jpg", "contentUrl": 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