Quotes from book

It's Kind of a Funny Story

“I don't know how I can be so ambitious and so lazy at the same time.”

“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 hurt her feelings, I found out later; I didn’t know I had that power.”

“A person's relationship with food is one of their most important relationships.”

“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.”

“I just want to not be me.”

“Every tounge bit had another word to say.”

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

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

“One thing I've learnt recently: how to think nothing. Here's the trick: don't have any interest in the world around you, don't have any hope for the future, and be warm.”

“I'm fine. Well, I'm not fine - I'm here."
"Is there something wrong with that?"
"Absolutely.”

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

“My brain was all right back then; it didn't get stuck in ruts.”

“They've spent alot of money on me. I'm ashamed.”

“It's such a silly little thing, the heart.”

“I don't-" I shake my head. (…)
"What? What were you going to say?" This is another trick of shrinks. They never let you stop in midthought. If you open your mouth, they want to know exactly what you had the intention of saying.”

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

“And when you say the truth you get stronger.”