--- title: "19 Right now Quotes By John Green" description: "19 Right now quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Right now sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdb/john-green-12_feel_i-feel-my-life-is-so-scattered-right-now_2614460.jpg" --- > [“I feel my life is so scattered right now. Like it’s all these small pieces of paper and someone’s turned on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-feel-my-life-is-so-scattered-right-now-like-it-s-all-these-small/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdb/john-green-12_feel_i-feel-my-life-is-so-scattered-right-now_2614460.jpg) > [“I am so freaked our right now, you could pull a clown out of my ass and I wouldn't be at all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-am-so-freaked-our-right-now-you-could-pull-a-clown-out-of-my-ass/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/572/john-green-12_clown_i-am-so-freaked-our-right-now-you-could_3090815.jpg) > [I have to tell you man, that my stalker meter is kind of registering in the red zone right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-have-to-tell-you-man-that-my-stalker-meter-is-kind-of-registering/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/036/john-green-12_kind_i-have-to-tell-you-man-that-my-stalker-m_1222599.jpg) > [“She felt like her whole body was one big network of streamers. If they connected right now, she imagined it would feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/she-felt-like-her-whole-body-was-one-big-network-of-streamers-if-they/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/john-green-12_right-now_she-felt-like-her-whole-body-was-one-big_891110.jpg) > [“We age slower when we move quickly versus standing still. So right now time is passing slower for us than for people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-age-slower-when-we-move-quickly-versus-standing-still-so-right-now/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/john-green-12_right-now_we-age-slower-when-we-move-quickly-versu_688944.jpg) > [Babies are made through an act that you will eventually find intriguing but for right now will just sort of horrify you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/babies-are-made-through-an-act-that-you-will-eventually-find/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8c/john-green-12_baby_babies-are-made-through-an-act-that-you_1144487.jpg) > [“i feel like my life is so scattered right now. like it’s all these small pieces of paper and someone’s turned on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-feel-like-my-life-is-so-scattered-right-now-like-it-s-all-these/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/250/john-green-12_appreciate_i-feel-like-my-life-is-so-scattered-righ_282133.jpg) > [Like the way the sun is right now, with the long shadows, and that kind of bright, soft light you get when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/like-the-way-the-sun-is-right-now-with-the-long-shadows-and-that-kind/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/john-green-12_kind_like-the-way-the-sun-is-right-now-with-t_1315775.jpg) > [“One of the reasons that metaphor and symbolism are important in books is because they are also important to life. Like, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/one-of-the-reasons-that-metaphor-and-symbolism-are-important-in-books/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c13/john-green-12_asking_one-of-the-reasons-that-metaphor-and-sym_956164.jpg) > [You don't want romantic advice from me, you want romantic advice from Edward Cullen. I completely understand but he is completely unavailable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/you-don-t-want-romantic-advice-from-me-you-want-romantic-advice-from/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/john-green-12_advice_you-don-t-want-romantic-advice-from-me-y_256736.jpg) > [“It pains me to say this, Colin, but if you wish to continue to grow intellectually, you need to work harder right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/it-pains-me-to-say-this-colin-but-if-you-wish-to-continue-to-grow/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff0/john-green-12_right-now_it-pains-me-to-say-this-colin-but-if-you_1635443.jpg) > [“Look up long enough and you start to feel your infinitesimality. The difference between alive and not--that's something. But from where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/look-up-long-enough-and-you-start-to-feel-your-infinitesimality-the/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c2/john-green-12_astronomy_look-up-long-enough-and-you-start-to-fee_499888.jpg) > [“Listen,” she said, “how much money do you have on you right now?” “Zero dollars and zero cents,” I answered. I turned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/listen-she-said-how-much-money-do-you-have-on-you-right-now-zero/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8af/john-green-12_bat-mitzvah_listen-she-said-how-much-money-do-you-ha_78848.jpg) > [“1. Your grandmother/grandfather/Aunt-Suzie-whom-you-never-met-but-trust-me-she-was-nice-and-it's-a-shame is dead. 2. You're letting a girl named Katherine distract you from your studies. 3. Babies are made through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/1-your-grandmother-grandfather-aunt-suzie-whom-you-never-met-but/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3af/john-green-12_right-now_1-your-grandmother-grandfather-aunt-suzi_2294419.jpg) > [I was blind and heart broken and didn't want to do anything and Gus burst into my room and shouted, "I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-was-blind-and-heart-broken-and-didn-t-want-to-do-anything-and-gus/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/john-green-12_blind_i-was-blind-and-heart-broken-and-didn-t_2851966.jpg) > [“A day after I got my eye cut out, Gus showed up at the hospital. I was blind and heart-broken and didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/a-day-after-i-got-my-eye-cut-out-gus-showed-up-at-the-hospital-i-was/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/316/john-green-12_john-green_a-day-after-i-got-my-eye-cut-out-gus-sho_2874531.jpg) > [Sexuality is important, but it's certainly not the most interesting or important thing happening to you right now. We live in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/sexuality-is-important-but-it-s-certainly-not-the-most-interesting-or/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cc/john-green-12_acquisition_sexuality-is-important-but-it-s-certainl_834754.jpg) > [“When Ben unfurls the T-shirts, there are two small problems. First, it turns out that a large T-shirt in a Georgia gas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/when-ben-unfurls-the-t-shirts-there-are-two-small-problems-first-it/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/000/john-green-12_confederate-flag_when-ben-unfurls-the-t-shirts-there-are_370140.jpg) > [“We skipped stones across the creek, which sounds dumb but it wasn't. I don't know. Like the way the sun is right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-skipped-stones-across-the-creek-which-sounds-dumb-but-it-wasn-t-i/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5af/john-green-12_light_we-skipped-stones-across-the-creek-which_2770893.jpg) ## Other authors on Right now ## 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/right-now/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "19 Right now Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I feel my life is so scattered right now. 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That's the light that makes everything better, everything prettier, and today, everything just seemed to be in that light.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/like-the-way-the-sun-is-right-now-with-the-long-shadows-and-that-kind/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/john-green-12_kind_like-the-way-the-sun-is-right-now-with-t_1315775.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/john-green-12_kind_like-the-way-the-sun-is-right-now-with-t_1315775.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/john-green-12_kind_like-the-way-the-sun-is-right-now-with-t_1315775.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Like the way the sun is right now, with the long shadows, and that kind of bright, soft light you get when…” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“One of the reasons that metaphor and symbolism are important in books is because they are also important to life. Like, for example say you're in high school and you're a boy and you say to a girl: \"Do you like anyone right now?\", that's not the question you're asking. 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