Ned Vizzini Quotes
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Life's not about feeling better, it's about getting the job done.
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I eat not because I want to, not because I have to overcome anything, not to prove myself to anyone, but because it's there. I eat because that's what people do. And somehow when the food is put in front of you by an institution, when there's a large gray force behind it and you don't have to thank anyone for it, you have the animal instinct to make it disappear.
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I'm not afraid of dying, I'm afraid of living.
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I like you a lot. Because you’re funny and smart and because you seem to like me. I know that’s not a good reason, but I can’t help it; if a girl likes me I tend to like her back ... I like you for all this stuff but I also kind of like you for the cuts on your face
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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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That's all I can do. I'll keep at it and hope it gets better.
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I feel dead, wasted, awful, broken and useless. It's not the kind of feeling you forget.
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What am I always going to do? I'm going to go home and freak out.I'm going to sit with my family and try not to talk about myself and what's wrong. Im going to try and eat. Then I'm going to try and sleep. I dread it. I can't eat and I can't sleep. I'm not doing well in terms of being a functional human, you know?
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She's pretty." (It's amazing how girls can say this and make it the most withering insult.)
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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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I'm fine. Well, I'm not fine - I'm here." "Is there something wrong with that?" "Absolutely.
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Relationships change even more than people. It's like two people changing. It's exponentially more volatile. Especially two teenagers.
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Time is a person-made concept.
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I want my brain to slide back into the slot it was meant to be in, rest there the way it did before the fall of last year, back when I was young, witty, and my teachers said I had incredible promise.
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I think you run out of 'I love yous
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I've had good moments scattered since then, times when I thought I was better, but that was the last day I felt triumphant.
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I don't know how I can be so ambitious and so lazy at the same time.
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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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I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.
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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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Dad nods, looks me dead in the eyes; slowly and regretfully, he banishes all the smiling and joking from his face, and for once he's just my dad, watching his son who has fallen so low.
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Putting lessons in young adult books is very dangerous.
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I had hurt her feelings, I found out later; I didn’t know I had that power.