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title: "42 Trying Quotes By John Green"
description: "42 Trying quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Trying sayings from other authors."
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> [I try to live life so that I can live with myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-try-to-live-life-so-that-i-can-live-with-myself/)

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

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> [There is no try. There is only do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/there-is-no-try-there-is-only-do/)

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

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> [What is the point of being alive if you dont at least try to do something remarkable?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/what-is-the-point-of-being-alive-if-you-dont-at-least-try-to-do/)

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

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> [That's the mystery, isn't it? Is the labyrinth living or dying? Which is he trying to escape---the world or the end of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/that-s-the-mystery-isn-t-it-is-the-labyrinth-living-or-dying-which-is/)

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

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> [My responsibility is to try to tell true stories. To me a true story is always hopeful, but never simply, uncomplicatedly happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/my-responsibility-is-to-try-to-tell-true-stories-to-me-a-true-story/)

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

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> [In my opinion, actual heroism, like actual love, is a messy, painful, vulnerable business—and I wanted to try to reflect that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/in-my-opinion-actual-heroism-like-actual-love-is-a-messy-painful/)

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

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> [In the end the listening exposes you even more than it exposes the people you're trying to listen to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/in-the-end-the-listening-exposes-you-even-more-than-it-exposes-the/)

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

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> [It just goes to show, if you try to ruin someone's life, it only gets better. You just don't get to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/it-just-goes-to-show-if-you-try-to-ruin-someone-s-life-it-only-gets/)

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

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> [You realize that trying to keep your distance from me will not lessen my affection for you. All efforts to save me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/you-realize-that-trying-to-keep-your-distance-from-me-will-not-lessen/)

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

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> [Why would you try to kill this guy, Kevin? He's a genius. Nuts to your truce.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/why-would-you-try-to-kill-this-guy-kevin-he-s-a-genius-nuts-to-your/)

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

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> [But I will say this: When the scientists of the future show up at my house with robot eyes and they tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/but-i-will-say-this-when-the-scientists-of-the-future-show-up-at-my/)

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

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> [Only now that I loved a grenade did I understand the foolishness of trying to save others from my own impending fragmentation:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/only-now-that-i-loved-a-grenade-did-i-understand-the-foolishness-of-2/)

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

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> [The ideas of directing attention outward, trying to imagine other people complexly, trying not to see myself as the center of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-ideas-of-directing-attention-outward-trying-to-imagine-other/)

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

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> [One of those moments he knew he'd remember and look back on, one of those moments that he'd try to capture in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/one-of-those-moments-he-knew-he-d-remember-and-look-back-on-one-of/)

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

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> [“What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? How very odd, to believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/what-is-the-point-of-being-alive-if-you-don-t-at-least-try-to-do-2/)

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

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> [At least it was instant. At least there wasn't any pain." I knew he was only trying to help, but he didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/at-least-it-was-instant-at-least-there-wasn-t-any-pain-i-knew-he-was/)

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

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> [You listen to people so that you can imagine them, and you hear all the terrible and wonderful things people do to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/you-listen-to-people-so-that-you-can-imagine-them-and-you-hear-all/)

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

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> [I love being in cities with lots of other people, because I'm reminded that there are billions of people like me, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-love-being-in-cities-with-lots-of-other-people-because-i-m-reminded/)

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

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> [So often we try to make other people feel better by minimizing their pain, by telling them that it will get better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/so-often-we-try-to-make-other-people-feel-better-by-minimizing-their/)

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

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> [Because everybody who has ever lost their way in life has felt the nagging insistence of that question. At some point we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/because-everybody-who-has-ever-lost-their-way-in-life-has-felt-the/)

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

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> [How are the eyes?' 'Oh, excellent,' he said. 'I mean, they're not in my head is the only problem.' 'Awesome, yeah,' Gus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/how-are-the-eyes-oh-excellent-he-said-i-mean-they-re-not-in-my-head-2/)

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

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> [The marks humans leave are too often scars. You build a hideous minimall or start a coup or try to become a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-marks-humans-leave-are-too-often-scars-you-build-a-hideous-3/)

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

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> [Like everyone, I'm saddened and horrified by this. All I'll say is that I'm personally trying to pay more attention to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/like-everyone-i-m-saddened-and-horrified-by-this-all-i-ll-say-is-that/)

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

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> [Something about telling that story made my gut grow back together." What?" Oh, nothing. Just thinking out loud." That's who you really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/something-about-telling-that-story-made-my-gut-grow-back-together/)

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

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> [All the characters are made out of words. With reading, I understand that the people aren't real but the fact that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/all-the-characters-are-made-out-of-words-with-reading-i-understand/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [Her underwear, her jeans, the comforter, my corduroys and my boxers between us, I thought. Five layers, and yet I felt it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/her-underwear-her-jeans-the-comforter-my-corduroys-and-my-boxers/)

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

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> [The good times and the bad times both will pass. It will pass. It will get easier. But the fact that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-good-times-and-the-bad-times-both-will-pass-it-will-pass-it-will/)

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

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> [I shaved this morning for precisely that reason. I was like, 'Well, you never know when someone is going to clamp down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-shaved-this-morning-for-precisely-that-reason-i-was-like-well-you/)

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

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> [I could try to pretend that I didn't care anymore, but it could never be true again. You can't just make yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-could-try-to-pretend-that-i-didn-t-care-anymore-but-it-could-never-3/)

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

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> [Daddy is trying really fugging hard to think of a not-terrifying reason why you'd wake Daddy up in the middle of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/daddy-is-trying-really-fugging-hard-to-think-of-a-not-terrifying/)

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

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> [I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you're trying to be a writer because it's the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-really-think-that-reading-is-just-as-important-as-writing-when-you/)

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

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> [the marks humans leave are too often scars. You build a hideous minimall or start a coup or try to become a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-marks-humans-leave-are-too-often-scars-you-build-a-hideous/)

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

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> [I do my precalc homework, and then when I'm done I actually sit with the textbook for like three hours and try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-do-my-precalc-homework-and-then-when-i-m-done-i-actually-sit-with/)

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

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> [I think maybe the reason I have spent most of my life being afraid is that I have been trying to prepare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-think-maybe-the-reason-i-have-spent-most-of-my-life-being-afraid-is-2/)

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

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> [“Much of my life has been devoted to trying not to cry in front of people who love me, so I knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/much-of-my-life-has-been-devoted-to-trying-not-to-cry-in-front-of/)

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

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> [Every time I try to set something in Chicago, I get intimidated by 'Augie March.' It's easy to set something in Indianapolis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/every-time-i-try-to-set-something-in-chicago-i-get-intimidated-by/)

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

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> [You matter as much as the things that matter to you. And I got so backwards trying to matter to him. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/you-matter-as-much-as-the-things-that-matter-to-you-and-i-got-so/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [ \[My\] interest as a writer is not in reflecting actual human speech, which, of course, does not occur in sentences and is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/my-interest-as-a-writer-is-not-in-reflecting-actual-human-speech/)

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

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## Other authors on Trying

## 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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