Ned Vizzini Quotes
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That's what gets me through the day. Knowing that I could do it. That I'm strong enough to do it and I can get it done.
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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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Time is a person-made concept.
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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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Every tounge bit had another word to say.
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I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you're so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare.
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I think you run out of 'I love yous
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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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You shouldn't be able to be alive and you are. You want to trade?
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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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They've spent alot of money on me. I'm ashamed.
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Dr. Barney stared at me, his lips puckered. What was he so serious about? Who hasn’t thought about killing themselves, as a kid? How can you grow up in this world and not think about 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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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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We wear our problems diffrently
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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've started to think it must just be chemistry, in which case we're looking for the Shift and we haven't found it yet.
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That made me happy. That was my Anchor.
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Things to do today: 1) Breathe in. 2) Breathe out.
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It’s a huge thing, this Shift, just as big as I imagined. My brain doesn’t want to think anymore; all of a sudden it wants to do.
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Life is not cured, Mr. Gilner." Dr. Mahmoud leans in. "Life is managed.
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I like how you don't hide your problems like everyone else, and I don't have to hide mine when I'm around you.
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I'm smart but not enough--just smart enough to have problems.
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I'm jealous of her. Can you be jealous of your mom for being able to handle things? I couldn't take a day off, take a dog to the vet, and cook dinner. That's like three times too much stuff for me to get done in one day. How am I ever going to have my own house?