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It's Kind of a Funny Story

Ned Vizzini

It's Kind of a Funny Story is a 2006 novel by American author Ned Vizzini. The book was inspired by Vizzini's own brief hospitalization for depression in November 2004. Ned Vizzini later died by suicide on December 19, 2013. The book received recognition as a 2007 Best Book for Young Adults from the American Library Association.A film adaptation, directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, was released in the United States on October 8, 2010.

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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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“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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“See, when you mess something up, you learn for the next time. It's when people compliment you that you're in trouble. That means they expect you to keep it up.”

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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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“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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“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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“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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“You all right, man?'
This should be my name. I could be like a super hero: You All Right Man.
Ah…' I stumble.
Don't bug Craig,' Ronny is like. 'He's in the Craig zone. He's Craig-ing out.”

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“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.”

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“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?”

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

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

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“I think you run out of 'I love yous”

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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.
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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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“I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.”

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“I'm smart but not enough--just smart enough to have problems.”

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Variant: I'm young, but I'm already screwing up my life. I'm smart but not enough -- just smart enough to have problems.
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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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