--- title: "10 Quiet Quotes By John Green" description: "10 Quiet quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Quiet sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcb/john-green-12_behinds_for-a-moment-she-was-quiet-then-she-grab_3037404.jpg" --- > [For a moment, she was quiet. Then she grabbed my hand, whispered, “Run run run run run,” and took off, pulling me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/for-a-moment-she-was-quiet-then-she-grabbed-my-hand-whispered-run-run/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcb/john-green-12_behinds_for-a-moment-she-was-quiet-then-she-grab_3037404.jpg) > [It was nice - in the dark and the quiet... and her eyes looking back, like there was something in me worth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/it-was-nice-in-the-dark-and-the-quiet-and-her-eyes-looking-back-like/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/366/john-green-12_dark_it-was-nice-in-the-dark-and-the-quiet-an_2869652.jpg) > [We just sat there quiet for a long time, which was fine, and I was thinking about way back in the very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-just-sat-there-quiet-for-a-long-time-which-was-fine-and-i-was/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df9/john-green-12_fine_we-just-sat-there-quiet-for-a-long-time_906249.jpg) > [Reading forces you to be quiet in a world that no longer makes place for that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/reading-forces-you-to-be-quiet-in-a-world-that-no-longer-makes-place/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/john-green-12_force_reading-forces-you-to-be-quiet-in-a-worl_3234964.jpg) > [I couldn't hear a thing in the world but you. And it was so cold then, and so silent, and I loved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-couldn-t-hear-a-thing-in-the-world-but-you-and-it-was-so-cold-then/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/590/john-green-12_cold_i-couldn-t-hear-a-thing-in-the-world-but_1516822.jpg) > [I think instead writers and publishers and readers need to go to the places where people are, and make the argument that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-think-instead-writers-and-publishers-and-readers-need-to-go-to-the/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/john-green-12_argument_i-think-instead-writers-and-publishers-a_2227410.jpg) > [Could the two people who are making out please be quiet?" the Colonel asked loudly from his sleeping bag. "Those of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/could-the-two-people-who-are-making-out-please-be-quiet-the-colonel/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d3/john-green-12_bags_could-the-two-people-who-are-making-out_2102610.jpg) > [The whole thing was the precise opposite of what I figured it would be: slow and patient and quiet and neither particularly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-whole-thing-was-the-precise-opposite-of-what-i-figured-it-would/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fa/john-green-12_ecstatic_the-whole-thing-was-the-precise-opposite_2916696.jpg) > [I'm sorry," she says. I wheel around. "You know, you're a total know-it-all. And it's incredibly rude sometimes; I mean, you're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-m-sorry-she-says-i-wheel-around-you-know-you-re-a-total-know-it-all/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/501/john-green-12_demented_i-m-sorry-she-says-i-wheel-around-you-kn_1231714.jpg) > [When you're walking home at night, do you even get creeped out and even though it's silly and embarrassing you just want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/when-you-re-walking-home-at-night-do-you-even-get-creeped-out-and/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/360/john-green-12_behinds_when-you-re-walking-home-at-night-do-you_2716457.jpg) ## Other authors on Quiet ## 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/quiet/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "10 Quiet Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For a moment, she was quiet. 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I wheel around. \"You know, you're a total know-it-all. And it's incredibly rude sometimes; I mean, you're not perfect either, and you act like it's my fault but it's not my fault for being quiet or your fault for being a know-it-all. It's not your problem or my problem; it's their problem. 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