--- title: "21 Talking Quotes By John Green" description: "21 Talking quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Talking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/john-green-12_cracks_margo-says-i-know-what-she-s-talking-abo_2632800.jpg" --- > [Margo says, "I know what she's talking about. The something deeper and more secret. It's like cracks inside of you. Like there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/margo-says-i-know-what-she-s-talking-about-the-something-deeper-and/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/john-green-12_cracks_margo-says-i-know-what-she-s-talking-abo_2632800.jpg) > [“It was so much easier to talk to him in the dark, looking at the same sky instead of at each other.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/it-was-so-much-easier-to-talk-to-him-in-the-dark-looking-at-the-same/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/john-green-12_talking_it-was-so-much-easier-to-talk-to-him-in_651020.jpg) > [The kiss lasted forever as Otto Frank kept talking from behind me. "And my conclusion is," he said, "since I had been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-kiss-lasted-forever-as-otto-frank-kept-talking-from-behind-me-and/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f8/john-green-12_behinds_the-kiss-lasted-forever-as-otto-frank-ke_282658.jpg) > [Talking to a drunk person was like talking to an extremely happy, severely brain-damaged three-year-old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/talking-to-a-drunk-person-was-like-talking-to-an-extremely-happy/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f44/john-green-12_brain_talking-to-a-drunk-person-was-like-talki_2021900.jpg) > [Since they are theater people, they are all talking. All of them. Simultaneously. They do not need to be heard; they only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/since-they-are-theater-people-they-are-all-talking-all-of-them/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ce/john-green-12_heard_since-they-are-theater-people-they-are-a_381319.jpg) > [ \[This\] is very important to remember when reading or writing or talking or whatever: You are never, ever choosing whether to use… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/this-is-very-important-to-remember-when-reading-or-writing-or-talking/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/john-green-12_important_this-is-very-important-to-remember-when_801697.jpg) > [“We started talking to each other like people who used to be close-catching each other up on our lives rather than living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-started-talking-to-each-other-like-people-who-used-to-be-close/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/535/john-green-12_life_we-started-talking-to-each-other-like-pe_1108009.jpg) > [I love making YouTube videos. I love Tumblr, I love Twitter. I love talking with people I find interesting about stuff I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-love-making-youtube-videos-i-love-tumblr-i-love-twitter-i-love/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/831/john-green-12_interesting_i-love-making-youtube-videos-i-love-tumb_1034804.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) > [From the front Rdar announces, "Don't you go talking bad about GoFast bars. Do you want me to stop this car?" "Whenever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/from-the-front-rdar-announces-don-t-you-go-talking-bad-about-gofast/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/117/john-green-12_bars_from-the-front-rdar-announces-don-t-you_1389198.jpg) > [It's not life or death, the labyrinth. Suffering. Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you. That's the problem. Bolivar was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/it-s-not-life-or-death-the-labyrinth-suffering-doing-wrong-and-having/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fb/john-green-12_alaska-young_it-s-not-life-or-death-the-labyrinth-suf_171241.jpg) > [I have a great affection for people who are intellectually engaged with the world, and who don't treat everything superficially. And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-have-a-great-affection-for-people-who-are-intellectually-engaged/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/john-green-12_affection_i-have-a-great-affection-for-people-who_3063736.jpg) > [I have spent my life falling. Not the kind that Tiny's talking about. He's talking about love. I'm talking about life. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-have-spent-my-life-falling-not-the-kind-that-tiny-s-talking-about/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc2/john-green-12_ends_i-have-spent-my-life-falling-not-the-kin_570214.jpg) > [Let me just acknowlege that the function of grammar is to make language as efficent and clear and transparent as possible. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/let-me-just-acknowlege-that-the-function-of-grammar-is-to-make/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/318/john-green-12_clear_let-me-just-acknowlege-that-the-function_156504.jpg) > [She said, "It's not life or death, the labyrinth." "Um, okay. So what is it?" "Suffering," she said. "Doing wrong and having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/she-said-it-s-not-life-or-death-the-labyrinth-um-okay-so-what-is-it-2/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/654/john-green-12_boys_she-said-it-s-not-life-or-death-the-laby_2088026.jpg) > [The nature of the labyrinth, I scribbled into my spiral notebook, and the way out of it. This teacher rocked. I hated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-nature-of-the-labyrinth-i-scribbled-into-my-spiral-notebook-and-2/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/105/john-green-12_class_the-nature-of-the-labyrinth-i-scribbled_1268764.jpg) > [But when it came right down to it, the skin of my wrist looked so white and defensless that I couldn't do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/but-when-it-came-right-down-to-it-the-skin-of-my-wrist-looked-so-3/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c5/john-green-12_blue_but-when-it-came-right-down-to-it-the-sk_2038360.jpg) > [I'm sitting her thinking, -God, I swear I will take a vow of silence and move to a monastery and worship you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-m-sitting-her-thinking-god-i-swear-i-will-take-a-vow-of-silence-and/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c20/john-green-12_accounts_i-m-sitting-her-thinking-god-i-swear-i-w_518331.jpg) > [Jesus, I'm not going to be one of those people who sits around talking about what they're going to do. I'm just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/jesus-i-m-not-going-to-be-one-of-those-people-who-sits-around-talking/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d1/john-green-12_going_jesus-i-m-not-going-to-be-one-of-those-p_635465.jpg) > [“Tiny and I are talking again… but there's nothing inside our words. Honestly, talking to him is worse than not. Talking to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/tiny-and-i-are-talking-again-but-there-s-nothing-inside-our-words/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/702/john-green-12_talking_tiny-and-i-are-talking-again-but-there-s_2777422.jpg) > [He just waited until I stopped talking and said, 'Jesus, kid, you're almost a detective. All you need now is a gun,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/he-just-waited-until-i-stopped-talking-and-said-jesus-kid-you-re/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cba/john-green-12_detective_he-just-waited-until-i-stopped-talking-a_799898.jpg) ## Other authors on Talking ## 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/talking/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "21 Talking Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Margo says, \"I know what she's talking about. The something deeper and more secret. It's like cracks inside of you. 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I love Tumblr, I love Twitter. I love talking with people I find interesting about stuff I find interesting, and the Internet is a great way to do that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-love-making-youtube-videos-i-love-tumblr-i-love-twitter-i-love/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/831/john-green-12_interesting_i-love-making-youtube-videos-i-love-tumb_1034804.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/831/john-green-12_interesting_i-love-making-youtube-videos-i-love-tumb_1034804.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/831/john-green-12_interesting_i-love-making-youtube-videos-i-love-tumb_1034804.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I love making YouTube videos. I love Tumblr, I love Twitter. 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So what is it?\" \"Suffering,\" she said. \"Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you. That's the problem. Bolivar was talking about the pain, not about the living or dying. How do you get out of the labyrinth of suffering?... Nothing's wrong. But there's always suffering, Pudge. Homework or malaria or having a boyfriend who lives far away when there's a good-looking boy lying next to you. Suffering is universal. 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