It’s a huge thing, this Shift, just as big as I imagined. My brain doesn’t want to think anymore; all of a… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
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… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
“How can you live without stars? What keeps you from thinking about yourself all the time?” — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
I had fooled myself into thinking that I was something important to the rest of the world. — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
Dr. Barney stared at me, his lips puckered. What was he so serious about? Who hasn’t thought about killing themselves, as a… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
I owe her everything and I love her and I tell her these days, although every time I say it, it gets… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
I found myself jealous of the people who wrote the books. They were dead and they were still taking up my time.… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
We look into each other's eyes as we shake. His are still full of death and horror, but in them I see… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
I always start a book thinking that it can be something other than first-person present, and I always come back to first-person… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
If there is a next life, I hope it's in the past; I don't think the future will be any more handleable.… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
I work. And I think about work, and I freak out about work, and I think about how much I think about… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
It’s tough to get out of bed; I know that myself. You can lie there for an hour and a half without… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
I wasn’t gifted. Mom was wrong. I was just smart and I worked hard. I had fooled myself into thinking that was… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
That's the number one thing I hear about humans. You have all these choices, so you're confused all the time, and you… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
“You can't see stars in New York." "That's horrible. How can you live without stars? What keeps you from thinking about yourself… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
Sometimes I just think depression's one way of coping with the world. Like, some people get drunk, some people do drugs, some… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
My family shouldn't have to put up with me. They're good people, solid, happy. Sometimes when I'm with them I think I'm… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
One thing I've learnt recently: how to think nothing. Here's the trick: don't have any interest in the world around you, don't… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
The absolute worst part of being depressed is the food. A person's relationship with food is one of their most important relationships.… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
“See, because being Cool is obviously the most important thing on earth. It’s more important than getting a job, or having a girlfriend, or… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
“She puts on her poker face; I don’t have any extra faces to put on, just the normal Craig face.” — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
“pro scienta atque sapienta-Latin- for science and wisdom It's a Darwinian popularity contest. at all times, the question on everyone's mind is, "who's coolest?"… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
“...one quarter of your life is spent as a minor; you might as well make the best of it.” — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
Once you have a kid, it's amazing how quickly people ask, 'So are you going to stop at just one?' — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
“So when I ran out of the final bottle of Zoloft, I didn’t take any more. I didn’t call Dr. Barney either. I just… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
“If Bobby can get a place to live, I think, then I can get a life worth living.” — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
“Up next is Noelle. 'Hey, girl!' 'Don't you dare start calling me that. This is very nice of you to do.” — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
They're sort of ancillary anyway, friends. I mean, they're important -- everybody knows that; the TV tells you so -- but they come and… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
