Ned Vizzini: Trending quotes (page 2)

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

“I should be a success and I'm not and other people- younger people- are. Younger people than me are on TV and getting their lives in order. I'm still a nobody. When am I going to not be a nobody?”

“Life is a nightmare.”

“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.”

“I wanted to tell people, "My depression is acting up today" as an excuse for not seeing them, but I never managed to pull it off.”

“Depression starts slow.”

“My family shouldn't have to put up with me. They're good people, solid, happy. Sometimes when I'm with them I think I'm on television.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“I have a system with bathrooms. I spend a lot of time in them. They are sanctuaries, public places of peace spaced throughout the world for people like me.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”