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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.”

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

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

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

Source: It's Kind of a Funny Story

“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?”

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

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“Life is a nightmare.”

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

Source: It's Kind of a Funny Story

“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.”

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

Source: It's Kind of a Funny Story

“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.”

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

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“Depression starts slow.”

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

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“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.”

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

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

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

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

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

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

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Source: The Other Normals

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

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

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

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

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

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

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

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

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“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.”

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

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

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

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

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

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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.”

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

Source: It's Kind of a Funny Story

“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.”

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

Source: It's Kind of a Funny Story