You're both the fire and the water that extinguishes it. Yo… - John Green

" "
You're both the fire and the water that extinguishes it. You're the narrator, the protagonist, and the sidekick. You're the storyteller and the story told. You are somebody's something, but you are also your you.

John Green

This quote has a book source. Sign up to see titles and page references

turtles-all-the-way-down life aza-holmes page-257 stories

English

Collect this quote

About John Green

John Green (born 24 August 1977) is an American author of young adult fiction, who has appeared on the New York Times best sellers list several times. He also publishes a video blog with his brother Hank Green as "vlogbrothers". A massive community has popped up around the videos that the brothers call 'Nerdfighteria.' John lives with his wife and two kids in Indianapolis.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Birth Name: John Michael Green

All quotes from John Green Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like John Green:

Margaret Atwood Neil Gaiman Stephen King John Irving John Fowles

Additional quotes by John Green

It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing.

Y'all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die.

This is why we call people exes, I guess -- because the paths that cross in the middle end up separating at the end. It's too easy to see an X as a cross-out. It's not, because there's no way to cross out something like that. The X is a diagram of two paths.

You're both the fire and the water that extinguishes it. You're the narrator, the protagonist, and the sidekick. You're the storyteller and the story… - John Green

About John Green

Also Known As

Go Premium

Additional quotes by John Green

Try QuoteGPT