--- title: "7 Temporary Quotes By John Green" description: "7 Temporary quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Temporary sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/john-green-12_salvation_all-salvation-is-temporary-20502_20502.jpg" --- > [All salvation is temporary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/all-salvation-is-temporary/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/john-green-12_salvation_all-salvation-is-temporary-20502_20502.jpg) > [Every second of your definitionally temporary consciousness, you are choosing how you spend something that will not last forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/every-second-of-your-definitionally-temporary-consciousness-you-are/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/451/john-green-12_consciousness_every-second-of-your-definitionally-temp_292787.jpg) > [I told myself – as I’ve told myself before – that the body shuts down when the pain gets too bad, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-told-myself-as-i-ve-told-myself-before-that-the-body-shuts-down/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/john-green-12_body_i-told-myself-as-i-ve-told-myself-before_628587.jpg) > [You could hear the wind in the leaves, and on that wind traveled the screams of the kids on the playground in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/you-could-hear-the-wind-in-the-leaves-and-on-that-wind-traveled-the-3/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a0/john-green-12_alive_you-could-hear-the-wind-in-the-leaves-an_2495728.jpg) > [I believe the universe wants to be noticed. I think the universe is inprobably biased toward the consciousness, that it rewards intelligence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-believe-the-universe-wants-to-be-noticed-i-think-the-universe-is-2/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/234/john-green-12_beauty_i-believe-the-universe-wants-to-be-notic_2581554.jpg) > [All salvation is temporary," Augustus shot back. "I bought them a minute. Maybe that's the minute that buys them an hour, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/all-salvation-is-temporary-augustus-shot-back-i-bought-them-a-minute/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/263/john-green-12_augustus_all-salvation-is-temporary-augustus-shot_2941888.jpg) > [Nothing (at least that can be done by humans) immortalizes anyone. The Fault in Our Stars will hopefully have a long and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/nothing-at-least-that-can-be-done-by-humans-immortalizes-anyone-the/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/415/john-green-12_character_nothing-at-least-that-can-be-done-by-hum_3019501.jpg) ## Other authors on Temporary ## 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/temporary/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "7 Temporary Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All salvation is temporary", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/all-salvation-is-temporary/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/john-green-12_salvation_all-salvation-is-temporary-20502_20502.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/john-green-12_salvation_all-salvation-is-temporary-20502_20502.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/john-green-12_salvation_all-salvation-is-temporary-20502_20502.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All salvation is temporary” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every second of your definitionally temporary consciousness, you are choosing how you spend something that will not last forever.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/every-second-of-your-definitionally-temporary-consciousness-you-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/451/john-green-12_consciousness_every-second-of-your-definitionally-temp_292787.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/451/john-green-12_consciousness_every-second-of-your-definitionally-temp_292787.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/451/john-green-12_consciousness_every-second-of-your-definitionally-temp_292787.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Every second of your definitionally temporary consciousness, you are choosing how you spend something that…” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I told myself – as I’ve told myself before – that the body shuts down when the pain gets too bad, that consciousness is temporary, that this will pass. 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