Ned Vizzini Quotes
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I'm not afraid of dying, I'm afraid of living.
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I'm smart but not enough--just smart enough to have problems.
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Sometimes when you open a book, time stops.
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I want to live but I want to die. What do I do?
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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'm fine. Well, I'm not fine - I'm here." "Is there something wrong with that?" "Absolutely.
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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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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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Relationships change even more than people. It's like two people changing. It's exponentially more volatile. Especially two teenagers.
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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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(...) Since I was a kid." "Which you refer to as 'back when you were happy.'" "Right.
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That's all I can do. I'll keep at it and hope it gets better.
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They've spent alot of money on me. I'm ashamed.
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Dreams are only dreams until you wake up and make them real.
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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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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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I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.
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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 going to be here until I'm cured?" "Life is not cured, Mr. Gilner. Life is managed".
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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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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 think you run out of 'I love yous
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Time is a person-made concept.