Quotes from book
It's Kind of a Funny Story
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.
Source: It's Kind of a Funny Story
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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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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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“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.”
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.”
Source: It's Kind of a Funny Story
