35+ Of The Most Soul-Stirring Quotes By John Green

Author : Anirban Das

Only a handful of authors are able to put together love, hope, and life in one single story, John Michael Green is one of them. Thereโ€™s something about the way John Green puts together words that leave an everlasting impression on your mind; words you can hold close to your heart.

The author of the famous best-selling novels, his words always hold that much power which beautifully expresses our deepest emotions. Especially in a world where being emotional is considered a weakness, John Greenโ€™s quotes never fail to sink deep into the most unexplored parts of our hearts.

Some of his greatest works like โ€˜Looking For Alaskaโ€˜, โ€˜Paper Townsโ€˜ and โ€˜The Fault In Our Starsโ€˜ have been adapted onto the big screen and are really worth watching. Each story will wash you over with waves of emotions that will either make you weep or stir your soul with tender romance, or maybe both.

Related : 23 Of The Most Beautiful Lines From Literature.

Here Are The Most Soul-Stirring Quotes By John Green:

1.โ€œMy thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellationsโ€ โ€“ The Fault In Our Stars 

2. โ€œIt is so hard to leave โ€“ until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.โ€ โ€“ Paper Towns 

3. โ€œThereโ€™s some people in this world who you can just love and love and love no matter what.โ€ โ€“ An Abundance of Katherines 

John Green

4. โ€œThose awful things are survivable because we are as indestructible as we believe ourselves to be.โ€ โ€“ Looking for Alaska 

5. โ€œGreat books help you understand, and they help you to feel understood.โ€ โ€“ John Green 

John Green

6. โ€œAs he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.โ€ โ€“ The Fault In Our Stars 

7. โ€œIt is very sad to me that some people are so intent on leaving their mark on the world that they donโ€™t care if that mark is a scar.โ€ โ€“ The Fault In Our Stars 

John Green

8. โ€œYou donโ€™t remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened.โ€ โ€“ An Abundance of Katherines 

9. โ€œGrief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.โ€ โ€“ The Fault In Our Stars

10. โ€œIโ€™ve always liked quiet people: You never know if theyโ€™re dancing in a daydream or if theyโ€™re carrying the weight of the world.โ€ โ€“ Looking for Alaska 

John Green

11. โ€œJust remember that sometimes, the way you think about a person isnโ€™t the way they actually areโ€ โ€“ Paper Towns

12.โ€œMaybe okay will be our always.โ€ โ€“ The Fault In Our Stars

13. โ€œHe wanted to draw out the moment before the moment โ€“ because as good as kissing feels, nothing feels as good as the anticipation of it.โ€ โ€“ An Abundance of Katherines 

Related: The Way You Kiss Based on Your Zodiac Sign

14. โ€œThatโ€™s the thing about pain, it demands to be felt.โ€ โ€“ The Fault In Our Stars 

15.  โ€œIt hurts because it matters.โ€ โ€“ Will Grayson, Will Grayson

John Green

16. โ€œThatโ€™s always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because theyโ€™re pretty. Itโ€™s like picking your breakfast cereals based on color instead of taste.โ€ โ€“ Paper Towns 

17. โ€œMy thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellationsโ€ โ€“ The Fault In Our Stars 

18. โ€œI canโ€™t tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity.โ€ โ€“ The Fault In Our Stars 

19. โ€œYou spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how youโ€™ll escape one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.โ€ โ€“ Looking For Alaska

John Green

20. โ€œIโ€™m starting to realize people lack good mirrors. Itโ€™s so hard for anyone to show us how we look, and so hard for us to show anyone how we feel.โ€ โ€“ Paper Towns 

21. โ€œThe marks humans leave are too often scarsโ€ โ€“ The Fault In Our Stars 

John Green

22. โ€œThe only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.โ€ โ€“ Looking For Alaska 

23. โ€œAnybody can look at you. Itโ€™s quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see.โ€ โ€“ Turtles All The Way Down

John Green

24. โ€œIt always shocked me when I realized that I wasnโ€™t the only person in the world who thought and felt such strange and awful things.โ€ โ€“ Looking For Alaska 

25. โ€œIโ€™m not sure if Iโ€™m depressed. I mean, Iโ€™m not exactly sad. But Iโ€™m not exactly happy either. I can laugh and joke and smile during the day. But sometimes when Iโ€™m alone at night I forget how to feel.โ€ โ€“ John Green 

i am not sure if i am depressed john green quotes

26. โ€œYou donโ€™t get to choose if you get hurt in this worldโ€ฆbut you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.โ€ โ€• The Fault In Our Stars

27. โ€œMaybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people weโ€™re quoting.โ€ โ€• John Green

28. โ€œItโ€™s a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you donโ€™t give it the power to do its killing.โ€ โ€• The Fault in Our Stars

29. โ€œWriting is something you do alone. Itโ€™s a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but donโ€™t want to make eye contact while doing it.โ€ โ€• Thoughts from Places: The Tour

John Green

30. โ€œWhen things break, itโ€™s not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. Itโ€™s because a little piece gets lost โ€“ the two remaining ends couldnโ€™t fit together even if they wanted to. The whole shape has changed.โ€โ€• John Green, Will Greyson

31. โ€œAs he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.โ€
โ€• The Fault in Our Stars

32. โ€œBut isnโ€™t it also that on some fundamental level we find it difficult to understand that other people are human beings in the same way that we are? We idealize them as gods or dismiss them as animals.โ€ โ€” Paper Towns

33. โ€œYou can love someone so muchโ€ฆBut you can never love people as much as you can miss them.โ€ โ€• John Green

John Green

34. โ€œThe marks humans leave are too often scars.โ€ โ€•  The Fault in Our Stars

35. โ€œBooks are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and theyโ€™ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.โ€ โ€• An Abundance of Katherines

John Green

36. โ€œSome infinities are bigger than other infinities.โ€ โ€•  The Fault in Our Stars

37. โ€œAt some point, you just pull off the Band-Aid, and it hurts, but then itโ€™s over and youโ€™re relieved.โ€ โ€• Looking for Alaska

38. โ€œIf you donโ€™t imagine, nothing ever happens at allโ€ โ€“ Paper Towns 


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Only a handful of authors are able to put together love, hope, and life in one single story, John Michael Green is one of them. Thereโ€™s something about the way John Green puts together words that leave an everlasting impression on your mind; words you can hold close to your heart.

The author of the famous best-selling novels, his words always hold that much power which beautifully expresses our deepest emotions. Especially in a world where being emotional is considered a weakness, John Greenโ€™s quotes never fail to sink deep into the most unexplored parts of our hearts.

Some of his greatest works like โ€˜Looking For Alaskaโ€˜, โ€˜Paper Townsโ€˜ and โ€˜The Fault In Our Starsโ€˜ have been adapted onto the big screen and are really worth watching. Each story will wash you over with waves of emotions that will either make you weep or stir your soul with tender romance, or maybe both.

Related : 23 Of The Most Beautiful Lines From Literature.

Here Are The Most Soul-Stirring Quotes By John Green:

1.โ€œMy thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellationsโ€ โ€“ The Fault In Our Stars 

2. โ€œIt is so hard to leave โ€“ until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.โ€ โ€“ Paper Towns 

3. โ€œThereโ€™s some people in this world who you can just love and love and love no matter what.โ€ โ€“ An Abundance of Katherines 

John Green

4. โ€œThose awful things are survivable because we are as indestructible as we believe ourselves to be.โ€ โ€“ Looking for Alaska 

5. โ€œGreat books help you understand, and they help you to feel understood.โ€ โ€“ John Green 

John Green

6. โ€œAs he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.โ€ โ€“ The Fault In Our Stars 

7. โ€œIt is very sad to me that some people are so intent on leaving their mark on the world that they donโ€™t care if that mark is a scar.โ€ โ€“ The Fault In Our Stars 

John Green

8. โ€œYou donโ€™t remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened.โ€ โ€“ An Abundance of Katherines 

9. โ€œGrief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.โ€ โ€“ The Fault In Our Stars

10. โ€œIโ€™ve always liked quiet people: You never know if theyโ€™re dancing in a daydream or if theyโ€™re carrying the weight of the world.โ€ โ€“ Looking for Alaska 

John Green

11. โ€œJust remember that sometimes, the way you think about a person isnโ€™t the way they actually areโ€ โ€“ Paper Towns

12.โ€œMaybe okay will be our always.โ€ โ€“ The Fault In Our Stars

13. โ€œHe wanted to draw out the moment before the moment โ€“ because as good as kissing feels, nothing feels as good as the anticipation of it.โ€ โ€“ An Abundance of Katherines 

Related: The Way You Kiss Based on Your Zodiac Sign

14. โ€œThatโ€™s the thing about pain, it demands to be felt.โ€ โ€“ The Fault In Our Stars 

15.  โ€œIt hurts because it matters.โ€ โ€“ Will Grayson, Will Grayson

John Green

16. โ€œThatโ€™s always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because theyโ€™re pretty. Itโ€™s like picking your breakfast cereals based on color instead of taste.โ€ โ€“ Paper Towns 

17. โ€œMy thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellationsโ€ โ€“ The Fault In Our Stars 

18. โ€œI canโ€™t tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity.โ€ โ€“ The Fault In Our Stars 

19. โ€œYou spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how youโ€™ll escape one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.โ€ โ€“ Looking For Alaska

John Green

20. โ€œIโ€™m starting to realize people lack good mirrors. Itโ€™s so hard for anyone to show us how we look, and so hard for us to show anyone how we feel.โ€ โ€“ Paper Towns 

21. โ€œThe marks humans leave are too often scarsโ€ โ€“ The Fault In Our Stars 

John Green

22. โ€œThe only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.โ€ โ€“ Looking For Alaska 

23. โ€œAnybody can look at you. Itโ€™s quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see.โ€ โ€“ Turtles All The Way Down

John Green

24. โ€œIt always shocked me when I realized that I wasnโ€™t the only person in the world who thought and felt such strange and awful things.โ€ โ€“ Looking For Alaska 

25. โ€œIโ€™m not sure if Iโ€™m depressed. I mean, Iโ€™m not exactly sad. But Iโ€™m not exactly happy either. I can laugh and joke and smile during the day. But sometimes when Iโ€™m alone at night I forget how to feel.โ€ โ€“ John Green 

i am not sure if i am depressed john green quotes

26. โ€œYou donโ€™t get to choose if you get hurt in this worldโ€ฆbut you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.โ€ โ€• The Fault In Our Stars

27. โ€œMaybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people weโ€™re quoting.โ€ โ€• John Green

28. โ€œItโ€™s a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you donโ€™t give it the power to do its killing.โ€ โ€• The Fault in Our Stars

29. โ€œWriting is something you do alone. Itโ€™s a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but donโ€™t want to make eye contact while doing it.โ€ โ€• Thoughts from Places: The Tour

John Green

30. โ€œWhen things break, itโ€™s not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. Itโ€™s because a little piece gets lost โ€“ the two remaining ends couldnโ€™t fit together even if they wanted to. The whole shape has changed.โ€โ€• John Green, Will Greyson

31. โ€œAs he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.โ€
โ€• The Fault in Our Stars

32. โ€œBut isnโ€™t it also that on some fundamental level we find it difficult to understand that other people are human beings in the same way that we are? We idealize them as gods or dismiss them as animals.โ€ โ€” Paper Towns

33. โ€œYou can love someone so muchโ€ฆBut you can never love people as much as you can miss them.โ€ โ€• John Green

John Green

34. โ€œThe marks humans leave are too often scars.โ€ โ€•  The Fault in Our Stars

35. โ€œBooks are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and theyโ€™ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.โ€ โ€• An Abundance of Katherines

John Green

36. โ€œSome infinities are bigger than other infinities.โ€ โ€•  The Fault in Our Stars

37. โ€œAt some point, you just pull off the Band-Aid, and it hurts, but then itโ€™s over and youโ€™re relieved.โ€ โ€• Looking for Alaska

38. โ€œIf you donโ€™t imagine, nothing ever happens at allโ€ โ€“ Paper Towns 


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