As a child I was an inveterate liar. As opposed to now, I am a Novelist.

— John Green

A sequel that will exist just for us

— John Green

As far as I can tell, there are two basic (kissing) rules: 1. Don't bite anything without permission. 2. The human tongue is like wasabi: it's very powerful, and should be used sparingly.

— John Green

As he read, I feel in love the way you fall asleep: slow, and then all at once.

— John Green

As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.

— John Green

As long as we don't die, this is going to be one hell of a story.

— John Green

At some point we all look up and realize we are lost in a maze.

— John Green

At some point, you just pull off the band-aid and it hurts. But when it is over, you are relieved.

— John Green

Augustus," I said. "Really. You don't have to do this."" Sure I do," he said. "I found my Wish."" God, you're the best," I told him." I bet you say that to all the boys who finance your international travel," he answered.

— John Green

Because everybody who has ever lost their way in life has felt the nagging insistence of that question. At some point we all look up and realize we are lost in a maze, and I don't want us to forget Alaska, and I don't want to forget that even when the material we study seems boring, we're trying to understand how people answered that question and the question each of you posed in your papers--how different traditions have come to terms with what Chip, in his final, called 'people's rotten lots in life.

— John Green