Ned Vizzini Quotes - Page 2

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• People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed up and open about it than somebody perfect and ready to explode.

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  Life, People, Perfect

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• Dr. Barney stared at me, his lips puckered. What was he so serious about? Who hasn’t thought about killing themselves, as a kid? How can you grow up in this world and not think about it?

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  Growing Up, Kids, Thinking

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• I'm not afraid of dying, I'm afraid of living.

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  Dying, Not Afraid

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• I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad.

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  Depression, Wake Up, Want

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• I wasn't going to have enough money to pay for a Good Lifestyle, which meant I'd feel ashamed, which meant I'd get depressed, and that was the big one because I knew what that did to me: it made it so I wouldn't get out of bed, which led to the ultimate thing—homelessness. If you can't get out of bed for long enough, people come and take your bed away.

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  Long, People, Bed

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• Depression starts slow.

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• Of course I wasn't abused. If I were; things would be so simple. I'd have a reason to for being in a shrinks office. I'd have a justification and something to work on. The world wasn't going to give me something that tidy.

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  Simple, Giving, Office

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• It’s tough to get out of bed; I know that myself. You can lie there for an hour and a half without thinking anything, just worrying about what the day holds and knowing that you won’t be able to deal with it.

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  Lying, Thinking, Knowing

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• Some days I woke up and got out of bed and brushed my teeth like any normal human being; some days I woke up and laid in bed and looked at the ceiling and wondered what the hell the point was of getting out of bed and brushing my teeth like any normal human being.

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  Bed, Ceilings, Teeth

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• I like you a lot. Because you’re funny and smart and because you seem to like me. I know that’s not a good reason, but I can’t help it; if a girl likes me I tend to like her back [...] I like you for all this stuff but I also kind of like you for the cuts on your face—

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  Girl, I Like You, Smart

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• That's what gets me through the day. Knowing that I could do it. That I'm strong enough to do it and I can get it done.

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  Strong, Knowing, Done

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• Sometimes I wish I had an easy answer for why I'm depressed.

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  Wish, Answers, Sometimes

  "It's Kind of a Funny Story". Book by Ned Vizzini, www.mtv.com. 2006.

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• I work. And I think about work, and I freak out about work, and I think about how much I think about work, and I freak out about how much I think about how much I think about work, and I think about how freaked out I get about how much I think about how much I think about work.

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  Thinking, Freak

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• I don't owe people anything, and I don't have to talk to them any more than I feel I need to.

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  People, Needs, Feels

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• I'm fine. Well, I'm not fine - I'm here." "Is there something wrong with that?" "Absolutely.

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  Fine, Wells

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• We look into each other's eyes as we shake. His are still full of death and horror, but in them I see my face reflected, and inside my tiny eyes inside his, I think I see some hope.

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  Eye, Thinking, Looks

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• I found myself jealous of the people who wrote the books. They were dead and they were still taking up my time. Who did they think they were?

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  Book, Jealous, Thinking

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• It's such a silly little thing, the heart.

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  Silly, Heart, Littles

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• I want my brain to slide back into the slot it was meant to be in, rest there the way it did before the fall of last year, back when I was young, witty, and my teachers said I had incredible promise.

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  Witty, Teacher, Fall

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• So now live for real, Craig. Live. Live. Live. Live.

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  Real

  "It's Kind Of A Funny Story". Book by Ned Vizzini, www.mtv.com. 2006.

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• Misfortune is no excuse for cruelty.

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  No Excuses, Excuse, Cruelty

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• She's pretty." (It's amazing how girls can say this and make it the most withering insult.)

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  Girl, Insult, Withering

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• I'm jealous of her. Can you be jealous of your mom for being able to handle things? I couldn't take a day off, take a dog to the vet, and cook dinner. That's like three times too much stuff for me to get done in one day. How am I ever going to have my own house?

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  Mom, Dog, Jealous

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• If there is a next life, I hope it's in the past; I don't think the future will be any more handleable. I think it's a little harsh how the END button is red.

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  Past, Thinking, Buttons

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• I don't-" I shake my head. (...) "What? What were you going to say?" This is another trick of shrinks. They never let you stop in midthought. If you open your mouth, they want to know exactly what you had the intention of saying.

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  Mouths, Want, Intention

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