Augustus Quote by John Green

I do, Augustus. I do.

— John Green

“Augustus: It's a metaphor Hazel: You choose your behaviours based on their metaphorical resonances... Augustus: Oh yes, I'm a big believer in metaphor, Hazel…

— John Green

I sometimes fancy," said Hilda, on whose susceptibility the scene always made a strong impression, "that Rome--mere Rome--will crowd everything else out of my…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“The only one I'd like to talk about Augustus Waters' death is Augustus Waters.”

— John Green

“I realized that my eyes were closed and opened them. Augustus was staring at me, his blue eyes closer to me than they'd ever…

— John Green

“I said to Augustus, “Observation: Standing in line is a form of oppression,” and he said, “Seriously.”

— John Green

Rome is an astonishment!

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

“Abraham Maslow, I present to you Augustus Waters, whose existential curiosity dwarfed that of his well-fed, well-loved, healthy brethren.”

— John Green

And when my own Mark Antony Against young Caesar strove, And Rome's whole world was set in arms, The cause was,--all for love.

— Robert Southey

“You're a hard person to comfort," Augustus said. "Easy comfort isn't comforting," I said. "You were a rare and fragile flower once. You remember."…

— John Green

“Augustus Waters was a self-aggrandizing bastard. But we forgive him. We forgive him not because he had a heart as figuratively good as his…

— John Green

“but it was reserved for Augustus to relinquish the ambitious design of subduing the whole earth, and to introduce a spirit of moderation into…

— Edward Gibbon