Quotes from bookIt'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.
“The Shift is coming. The Shift has to be coming. Because if you keep living like this you'll die.”
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“Some of the most profound truths about us are things that we stop saying in the middle.”
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“Life's not about feeling better, it's about getting the job done.”
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“Dreams are only dreams until you wake up and make them real.”
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“Everybody has problems. Some people just hide their crap better than others.”
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“She doesn't want to end up like me. At least I'm giving someone an example not to follow.”
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“And that was the closest I've ever come to an epiphany.”
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“And I could have died right then. And considering how things went, I really should have.”
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“I want to live but I want to die. What do I do?”
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“The stuff adults tell you not to do is the easiest.”
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“Life can't be cured, but it can be managed.”
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“That made me happy. That was my Anchor.”
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