--- title: "4 Depressed Quotes By John Green" description: "4 Depressed quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Depressed sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/john-green-12_bed_late-in-the-winter-of-my-seventeenth-yea_1171111.jpg" --- > [Late in the winter of my seventeenth year, my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house, spent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/late-in-the-winter-of-my-seventeenth-year-my-mother-decided-i-was/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/john-green-12_bed_late-in-the-winter-of-my-seventeenth-yea_1171111.jpg) > [“I had no doubt that Tiny thought he got depressed, but that was probably because he had nothing to compare it to.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-had-no-doubt-that-tiny-thought-he-got-depressed-but-that-was/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/john-green-12_depression_i-had-no-doubt-that-tiny-thought-he-got_1417223.jpg) > [I'm not sure if I'm depressed. I mean, I'm not exactly sad. But I'm not exactly happy either. I can laugh and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-m-not-sure-if-i-m-depressed-i-mean-i-m-not-exactly-sad-but-i-m-not/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c26/john-green-12_depressed_i-m-not-sure-if-i-m-depressed-i-mean-i-m_2419947.jpg) > [still, what could i say? that i didn't just feel depressed - instead, it was like the depression was the core of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/still-what-could-i-say-that-i-didn-t-just-feel-depressed-instead-it/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18a/john-green-12_black_still-what-could-i-say-that-i-didn-t-jus_2740617.jpg) ## Other authors on Depressed - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-douglas-adams-30413.jpg) Douglas Adams 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depressed/douglas-adams/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-kay-redfield-jamison-55816.jpg) Kay Redfield Jamison 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depressed/kay-redfield-jamison/) - [Israelmore Ayivor 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depressed/israelmore-ayivor/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barbara-kingsolver-16355.jpg) Barbara Kingsolver 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depressed/barbara-kingsolver/) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depressed/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "4 Depressed Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Late in the winter of my seventeenth year, my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house, spent quite a lot of time in bed, read the same book over and over, ate infrequently, and devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time to thinking about death.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/late-in-the-winter-of-my-seventeenth-year-my-mother-decided-i-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/john-green-12_bed_late-in-the-winter-of-my-seventeenth-yea_1171111.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/john-green-12_bed_late-in-the-winter-of-my-seventeenth-yea_1171111.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/john-green-12_bed_late-in-the-winter-of-my-seventeenth-yea_1171111.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Late in the winter of my seventeenth year, my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely…” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I had no doubt that Tiny thought he got depressed, but that was probably because he had nothing to compare it to. 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