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title: "36 Stills Quotes By John Green"
description: "36 Stills quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Stills sayings from other authors."
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> [The miracle and hope of human consciousness is that we can still conceive of boundlessness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-miracle-and-hope-of-human-consciousness-is-that-we-can-still/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [I don’t know a perfect person. I only know flawed people who are still worth loving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-don-t-know-a-perfect-person-i-only-know-flawed-people-who-are-still/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [That deep, can-still-taste-her-in-my-mouth sleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/that-deep-can-still-taste-her-in-my-mouth-sleep/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [I could stand up and go to her and kiss her. I could. But there is still too much to be ruined.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-could-stand-up-and-go-to-her-and-kiss-her-i-could-but-there-is/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [Grateful to be a little boat, full of water, still floating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/grateful-to-be-a-little-boat-full-of-water-still-floating/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [Is it still cool to go to the mall?' she asked. 'I take quite a lot of pride in not knowing what's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/is-it-still-cool-to-go-to-the-mall-she-asked-i-take-quite-a-lot-of/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [And then I was asleep. That deep, can-still-taste-her-in-my-mouth sleep, that sleep that is not particularly restful but difficult to wake up from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/and-then-i-was-asleep-that-deep-can-still-taste-her-in-my-mouth-sleep/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [The sun was a toddler insistently refusing to go to bed: It was past eight thirty and still light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-sun-was-a-toddler-insistently-refusing-to-go-to-bed-it-was-past/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [And yet still I worried. I like being a person. I wanted to keep at it. Worry is yet another side effect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/and-yet-still-i-worried-i-like-being-a-person-i-wanted-to-keep-at-it/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [In our hyper-secular world, worship is still inevitable. But it is vital to remember that our gods don't choose us, we choose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/in-our-hyper-secular-world-worship-is-still-inevitable-but-it-is/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [But I could always tell in her eyes if she got really pissed at me, and her eyes were still pretty smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/but-i-could-always-tell-in-her-eyes-if-she-got-really-pissed-at-me/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [And I agreed, but still, she owed us an explanation. If she was up there, down there, out there, somewhere, maybe she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/and-i-agreed-but-still-she-owed-us-an-explanation-if-she-was-up-there/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [We kiss. Her hands are freezing on my face, and she tastes like coffee and the smell of the onion is still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-kiss-her-hands-are-freezing-on-my-face-and-she-tastes-like-coffee/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [But there are a thousand ways to look at it: maybe the strings break, or maybe our ship s sink, or maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/but-there-are-a-thousand-ways-to-look-at-it-maybe-the-strings-break/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [The way we still essentializ, we're constantly essentializing people as merely poor, or merely other, and in the end you can't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-way-we-still-essentializ-we-re-constantly-essentializing-people/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [still, what could i say? that i didn't just feel depressed - instead, it was like the depression was the core of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/still-what-could-i-say-that-i-didn-t-just-feel-depressed-instead-it/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [People talk about the courage of cancer patients, and I do not deny that courage. I had been poked and stabbed and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/people-talk-about-the-courage-of-cancer-patients-and-i-do-not-deny/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [Ultimately what I like about reading together is that we all make it happen together. Of course even amid shared experience we’re…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/ultimately-what-i-like-about-reading-together-is-that-we-all-make-it/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [He flipped himself onto his side and kissed me. "You're so hot," I said, my hand still on his leg. "I'm starting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/he-flipped-himself-onto-his-side-and-kissed-me-you-re-so-hot-i-said/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [I am still bowled over by this great young adult novel by David Levithan called 'Every Day,' which is about a character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-am-still-bowled-over-by-this-great-young-adult-novel-by-david/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [I realized it in waves and we held on to each other crying and I thought, God we must look so lame,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-realized-it-in-waves-and-we-held-on-to-each-other-crying-and-i/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [But that wasn't quite right. I called it a nine because I was saving my ten. And here it was, the great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/but-that-wasn-t-quite-right-i-called-it-a-nine-because-i-was-saving/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [Whether the author intended a symbolic resonance to exist in her book is irrelevant. All that matters is whether it's there. Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/whether-the-author-intended-a-symbolic-resonance-to-exist-in-her-book/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [We got off at the next exit, quietly, and, switching drivers, we walked in front of the car. We met and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-got-off-at-the-next-exit-quietly-and-switching-drivers-we-walked/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [Too pissed off to cry, I said, 'This is only making me hate her. I don't want to hate her. And what's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/too-pissed-off-to-cry-i-said-this-is-only-making-me-hate-her-i-don-t/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [I think one of the most important differences between us is that you are excellent at living in a way that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-think-one-of-the-most-important-differences-between-us-is-that-you/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [She had this dark cancer water dripping out of her chest. Eyes closed. Intubated. But her hand was still her hand, still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/she-had-this-dark-cancer-water-dripping-out-of-her-chest-eyes-closed/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [It seemed like forever ago, like we've had this brief but still infinite forever. Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/it-seemed-like-forever-ago-like-we-ve-had-this-brief-but-still/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [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/)

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> [I still think that maybe the "afterlife" is just something we made up to ease the pain of loss, to make our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-still-think-that-maybe-the-afterlife-is-just-something-we-made-up/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [Maybe we're grass—our roots so interdependent that no one is dead as long as someone is still alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/maybe-we-re-grass-our-roots-so-interdependent-that-no-one-is-dead-as/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [The nature of the love between a parent and child really is literally stronger than death. As long as either person in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-nature-of-the-love-between-a-parent-and-child-really-is-literally/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [You had been a paper boy to me all these years - two dimensions as a character on the page and two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/you-had-been-a-paper-boy-to-me-all-these-years-two-dimensions-as-a/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [These little contradictions are in all of us. They're in me at least. And so I forgot that I had been awake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/these-little-contradictions-are-in-all-of-us-they-re-in-me-at-least/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [We all want to do something to mitigate the pain of loss or to turn grief into something positive, to find a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-all-want-to-do-something-to-mitigate-the-pain-of-loss-or-to-turn/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [Hazel has to realize that her mom was wrong when she said, “I won’t be a mother anymore.” The truth is, after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/hazel-has-to-realize-that-her-mom-was-wrong-when-she-said-i-won-t-be/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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## Other authors on Stills

## 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/)

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