Ned Vizzini citations

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“And that was the closest I've ever come to an epiphany.”

“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?”

“They always said on TV you could do anything you wanted, but here I was trying to do something and it wasn't working. I would never be able to do it.”

“It’s a huge thing, this Shift, just as big as I imagined. My brain doesn’t want to think anymore; all of a sudden it wants to do.”

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

“I owe her everything and I love her and I tell her these days, although every time I say it, it gets a little diluted. I think you run out of I love yous.”

“I've had good moments scattered since then, times when I thought I was better, but that was the last day I felt triumphant.”

“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.”

“Do you even know who the enemy is?"
"I think… it's me".”

“A working brain is probably a lot like a map, where anybody can get from one place to another on the freeways. It's the nonworking brains that get blocked, that have dead ends, that are under construction like mine.”

“I had fooled myself into thinking that I was something important to the rest of the world.”

“It's when people compliment you that you're in trouble. That means they expect you to keep it up.”

“its hard to talk when you want to kill yourself”

“People don't make good Anchors, though, Craig. They change.”

“Is that the truth, Jimmy?" I ask without looking at him. "It's the truth and it come to ya!" I smile.”

“I'm still a nobody, when am I not going to be a nobody?”

“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.”

“The therapists told you that you needed to find happiness within yourself before you got it from another person.”

“I'm going to be here until I'm cured?"
"Life is not cured, Mr. Gilner. Life is managed".”

“I think you run out of 'I love yous”