She doesn't want to end up like me. At least I'm giving someone an example not to follow. — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
You have tremendous freedom in the young adult book world to write what you want. You can put R-rated content in a… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
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 just want to not be me. Whether it’s sleeping or playing video games or riding my bike or studying. Giving my… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
I want my brain to slide back into the slot it was meant to be in, rest there the way it did… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
I don't-" I shake my head. (...) "What? What were you going to say?" This is another trick of shrinks. They never… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
You want to play video games twenty-four hours a day?" "Or watch. I just want to not be me. Whether it's sleeping… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
I eat not because I want to, not because I have to overcome anything, not to prove myself to anyone, but because… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
I'm glad you came here and got the help you needed," Neil says, and he shakes my hand in that way that… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
What happened when you woke up?" "I was having a dream. I don’t know what it was, but when I woke up,… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
Its so hard to talk when you want to kill yourself. That's above and beyond everything else, and it's not a mental… — 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
“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
“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
“...one quarter of your life is spent as a minor; you might as well make the best of it.” — Ned Vizzini Copy Share
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
“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
“If Bobby can get a place to live, I think, then I can get a life worth living.” — Ned Vizzini Copy Share
“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
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
“There are only things that could have turned out differently. You don't have any shoulds or woulds in your life, see? You only have… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share
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… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share
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. — Ned Vizzini Copy Share
