Ned Vizzini Quotes (81 quotes) | Quotes of famous people

Variant: I'm young, but I'm already screwing up my life. I'm smart but not enough -- just smart enough to have problems.
Source: It's Kind of a Funny Story

“Life's not about feeling better, it's about getting the job done.”

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“That's all I can do. I'll keep at it and hope it gets better.”

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“Life can't be cured, but it can be managed.”

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“So why am I depressed? That's the million-dollar question, baby, the Tootsie Roll question; not even the owl knows the answer to that one. I don't know either. All I know is the chronology.”

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“Some of the most profound truths about us are things that we stop saying in the middle.”

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“Life is a nightmare.”

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“No," mom says, looking at me in the eyes. "What's a triumph is that you woke up this morning and decided to LIVE. THAT'S a triumph. that's what you did today.”

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“Depression starts slow.”

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“The stuff adults tell you not to do is the easiest.”

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“I'm not afraid of dying, I'm afraid of living.”

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“Sometimes when you open a book, time stops.”

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“I want to live but I want to die. What do I do?”

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“That made me happy. That was my Anchor.”

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“She doesn't want to end up like me. At least I'm giving someone an example not to follow.”

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“And I could have died right then. And considering how things went, I really should have.”

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“I feel dead, wasted, awful, broken and useless. It's not the kind of feeling you forget.”

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“The Shift is coming. The Shift has to be coming. Because if you keep living like this you'll die.”

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“You want to play video games twenty-four hours a day?"
"Or watch. I just want to not be me. Whether it's sleeping or playing video games or riding my bike or studying. Giving my brain up. That's what's important.”

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“deep down I believe my year was a special year: it produced me.”

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“I like how you don't hide your problems like everyone else, and I don't have to hide mine when I'm around you.”

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“It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare, you're so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare."
"And what is that nightmare, Craig?"
"Life.”

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Variant: I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you're so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare.
Source: It's Kind of a Funny Story

“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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“They've spent alot of money on me. I'm ashamed.”

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“Take these verbs and enjoy them. They're yours, Craig. You deserve them because you chose them. You could have left them all behind but you chose to stay here.”

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“Every tounge bit had another word to say.”

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