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title: "7 Talk Quotes By John Green"
description: "7 Talk quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Talk sayings from other authors."
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> [“The thing is that it could never again feel natural to talk to her”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-thing-is-that-it-could-never-again-feel-natural-to-talk-to-her/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/242/john-green-12_feel_the-thing-is-that-it-could-never-again-f_190847.jpg)

> [“I must talk, and you must listen, for we are engaged here in the most important pursuit in history: the search for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-must-talk-and-you-must-listen-for-we-are-engaged-here-in-the-most/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d64/john-green-12_history_i-must-talk-and-you-must-listen-for-we-a_863042.jpg)

> [“I love it when you talk medical to me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-love-it-when-you-talk-medical-to-me/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/john-green-12_love_i-love-it-when-you-talk-medical-to-me-16_1660704.jpg)

> [We didn't talk much. But we didn't need to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-didn-t-talk-much-but-we-didn-t-need-to/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c9/john-green-12_needs_we-didn-t-talk-much-but-we-didn-t-need-t_2170777.jpg)

> [“Problem with you is that if you talk to her you'll 'uh um uh' your way to disaster.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/problem-with-you-is-that-if-you-talk-to-her-you-ll-uh-um-uh-your-way/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fc/john-green-12_disaster_problem-with-you-is-that-if-you-talk-to_2440614.jpg)

> [“In the best conversations, you don't even remember what you talked about, only how it felt. It felt like we were in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/in-the-best-conversations-you-don-t-even-remember-what-you-talked-2/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/john-green-12_communication_in-the-best-conversations-you-don-t-even_2592275.jpg)

> [There is a lot of talk in publishing these days that we need to become more like the Internet: We need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/there-is-a-lot-of-talk-in-publishing-these-days-that-we-need-to/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/john-green-12_angry_there-is-a-lot-of-talk-in-publishing-the_2914696.jpg)

## Other authors on Talk

## 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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