Teenagers Quotes by John Green

9 Teenagers quotes by John Green

John Green’s nine brief reflections capture the humor and heart of teenage years, offering a quick, resonant glimpse.

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Teenagers think they are invincible

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“When adults say, "teenagers think they are invincible" with that sly, stupid smile on their faces, they don't know how right they…

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“I find it really offensive when people say that the emotional experiences of teenagers are less real or less important than those…

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They were angry, I thought. Horrified. These teenagers, with their hormones, making out beneath a video broadcasting the shattered voice of a…

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Teenagers have more intense reading experiences because they've had fewer of them. It's like the first time you fall in love. You…

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I think teenagers bring a lot of intellectual sophistication. They're wrestling with big questions. It's just that, a lot of times they…

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Teenagers are extremely funny, and extremely clever and intellectually curious. But they're also willing to ask questions about the meaning of life…

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When adults say, "Teenagers think they are invincible" with that sly, stupid smile on their faces, they don't know how right they…

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“Me: “I refuse to attend Support Group.” Mom: “One of the symptoms of depression is disinterest in activities.” Me: “Please just let…

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“I just want to stay away from people and read books and think”

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She smiled with all the delight of a kid on Christmas morning and said, "Y'all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die." -…

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A Margo for each of us--and each more mirror than window.

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“No one ever says good-bye unless they want to see you again.”

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Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea…

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“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,…

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“Praise God for good nurses.”

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So I was ugly. I was never fat, really, and I never wore headgear or had zits or anything. But I was ugly. I…

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Nothing has ever looked like that ever in all of human history.

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“said to him quietly, as if I couldn’t hear or something. Dad was about to respond but I interrupted.”

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I believe humans have souls, and I believe in the conservation of souls.

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“He was hot. A nonhotboy stares at you relentlessly and it is, at best, awkward and, at worst, a form of assault. But a…

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I think if you keep the box closed long enough you do kill the cat, actually.

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Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. (...) You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it…

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