--- title: "7 Saying Quotes By John Green" description: "7 Saying quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Saying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d46/john-green-12_faults_i-m-not-saying-it-was-your-fault-i-m-say_154156.jpg" --- > [I'm not saying it was your fault. I'm saying it wasn't nice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-m-not-saying-it-was-your-fault-i-m-saying-it-wasn-t-nice/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d46/john-green-12_faults_i-m-not-saying-it-was-your-fault-i-m-say_154156.jpg) > [“I am in love with you and I am not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-am-in-love-with-you-and-i-am-not-in-the-business-of-denying-myself/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c09/john-green-12_business_i-am-in-love-with-you-and-i-am-not-in-th_711905.jpg) > [“I am, he said. He was staring at me, and I could see the corners of his eyes crinkling. I’m in love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-am-he-said-he-was-staring-at-me-and-i-could-see-the-corners-of-his/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/john-green-12_business_i-am-he-said-he-was-staring-at-me-and-i_850020.jpg) > [I'm in love with you," he said quietly. "Augustus," I said. "I am," he said. He was staring at me, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-m-in-love-with-you-he-said-quietly-augustus-i-said-i-am-he-said-he/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/john-green-12_augustus_i-m-in-love-with-you-he-said-quietly-aug_1126115.jpg) > [You're not boring. You've got to stop saying that, or people will start believing you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/you-re-not-boring-you-ve-got-to-stop-saying-that-or-people-will-start/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/john-green-12_believe_you-re-not-boring-you-ve-got-to-stop-say_2238292.jpg) > [“I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-m-not-in-the-business-of-denying-myself-the-simple-pleasure-of/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/john-green-12_business_i-m-not-in-the-business-of-denying-mysel_2864323.jpg) > [“She never liked me much, but she sure loved me, if you know what I'm saying.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/she-never-liked-me-much-but-she-sure-loved-me-if-you-know-what-i-m/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/john-green-12_loved_she-never-liked-me-much-but-she-sure-lov_2974550.jpg) ## Other authors on Saying ## 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/saying/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "7 Saying Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not saying it was your fault. 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