Ned Vizzini Quotes
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I had hurt her feelings, I found out later; I didn’t know I had that power.
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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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They've spent alot of money on me. I'm ashamed.
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Sometimes when you open a book, time stops.
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I know a lot of famous people didn't do well at school, like James Brown; he dropped out in fifth grade to be an entertainer, I respect that... but that's not going to be me. I'm not going to be able to do anything but work as hard as possible all the time and compete with everyone I know all the time to make it.
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How would you know? Everything’s like sex. It’s the universal metaphor. To pick a lock, let me guess, you have to go slow at first, but then you have to pull off some fancy moves, and you have to stay concentrated, and you have to stick something in something, right?
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I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad.
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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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She's pretty." (It's amazing how girls can say this and make it the most withering insult.)
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I'm not afraid of dying, I'm afraid of living.
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We're all animals, high school is animals, but some of us are more animal than others. Like in 'Animal Farm,' which I read, all animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others? Here in the real world, all equals are created animal, but some are more animal than others.
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It's such a silly little thing, the heart.
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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 want to live but I want to die. What do I do?
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Time is a person-made concept.
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I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.
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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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Putting lessons in young adult books is very dangerous.
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Dreams are only dreams until you wake up and make them real.
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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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A lot of the books that I grew up reading were pretty brutal, like the Redwall books.
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I think you run out of 'I love yous
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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'm going to be here until I'm cured?" "Life is not cured, Mr. Gilner. Life is managed".