--- title: "16 Want Quotes By Ned Vizzini" description: "16 Want quotes by Ned Vizzini. Plus more from Ned Vizzini and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4c/ned-vizzini-1483_dying_i-want-to-live-but-i-want-to-die-what-do_13690.png" --- > [I want to live but I want to die. What do I do?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/i-want-to-live-but-i-want-to-die-what-do-i-do/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4c/ned-vizzini-1483_dying_i-want-to-live-but-i-want-to-die-what-do_13690.png) > [I just want to not be me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/i-just-want-to-not-be-me/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f14/ned-vizzini-1483_just_i-just-want-to-not-be-me-432799_432799.png) > [its hard to talk when you want to kill yourself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/its-hard-to-talk-when-you-want-to-kill-yourself/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f9/ned-vizzini-1483_hard_its-hard-to-talk-when-you-want-to-kill-y_1499597.png) > [I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/i-didn-t-want-to-wake-up-i-was-having-a-much-better-time-asleep-and-2/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/ned-vizzini-1483_asleep_i-didn-t-want-to-wake-up-i-was-having-a_3055924.png) > [You shouldn't be able to be alive and you are. You want to trade?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/you-shouldn-t-be-able-to-be-alive-and-you-are-you-want-to-trade/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/107/ned-vizzini-1483_able_you-shouldn-t-be-able-to-be-alive-and-yo_1359614.png) > [She doesn't want to end up like me. At least I'm giving someone an example not to follow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/she-doesn-t-want-to-end-up-like-me-at-least-i-m-giving-someone-an/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85d/ned-vizzini-1483_ends_she-doesn-t-want-to-end-up-like-me-at-le_1755301.png) > [“I just want to not be me. Whether it’s sleeping or playing video games or riding my bike or studying. Giving my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/i-just-want-to-not-be-me-whether-it-s-sleeping-or-playing-video-games/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/790/ned-vizzini-1483_brain_i-just-want-to-not-be-me-whether-it-s-sl_1456175.png) > [It’s a huge thing, this Shift, just as big as I imagined. My brain doesn’t want to think anymore; all of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/it-s-a-huge-thing-this-shift-just-as-big-as-i-imagined-my-brain-doesn/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29f/ned-vizzini-1483_bigs_it-s-a-huge-thing-this-shift-just-as-big_1638534.png) > [I want my brain to slide back into the slot it was meant to be in, rest there the way it did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/i-want-my-brain-to-slide-back-into-the-slot-it-was-meant-to-be-in/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/224/ned-vizzini-1483_brain_i-want-my-brain-to-slide-back-into-the-s_1686248.png) > [You have tremendous freedom in the young adult book world to write what you want. You can put R-rated content in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/you-have-tremendous-freedom-in-the-young-adult-book-world-to-write/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/ned-vizzini-1483_adult_you-have-tremendous-freedom-in-the-young_3121789.jpg) > [I eat not because I want to, not because I have to overcome anything, not to prove myself to anyone, but because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/i-eat-not-because-i-want-to-not-because-i-have-to-overcome-anything/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/515/ned-vizzini-1483_animal_i-eat-not-because-i-want-to-not-because_890620.png) > [You want to play video games twenty-four hours a day?" "Or watch. I just want to not be me. Whether it's sleeping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/you-want-to-play-video-games-twenty-four-hours-a-day-or-watch-i-just/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbd/ned-vizzini-1483_bike_you-want-to-play-video-games-twenty-four_2767340.png) > [I don't-" I shake my head. (...) "What? What were you going to say?" This is another trick of shrinks. They never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/i-don-t-i-shake-my-head-what-what-were-you-going-to-say-this-is/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ab/ned-vizzini-1483_intention_i-don-t-i-shake-my-head-what-what-were-y_1376357.jpg) > [I'm glad you came here and got the help you needed," Neil says, and he shakes my hand in that way that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/i-m-glad-you-came-here-and-got-the-help-you-needed-neil-says-and-he/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/744/ned-vizzini-1483_broken_i-m-glad-you-came-here-and-got-the-help_1597091.png) > [Its so hard to talk when you want to kill yourself. That's above and beyond everything else, and it's not a mental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/its-so-hard-to-talk-when-you-want-to-kill-yourself-that-s-above-and/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e91/ned-vizzini-1483_above-and-beyond_its-so-hard-to-talk-when-you-want-to-kil_1059944.png) > [What happened when you woke up?" "I was having a dream. I don’t know what it was, but when I woke up,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/what-happened-when-you-woke-up-i-was-having-a-dream-i-don-t-know-what/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c83/ned-vizzini-1483_awake_what-happened-when-you-woke-up-i-was-hav_969886.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Ned Vizzini > [I want to live but I want to die. What do I do?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/i-want-to-live-but-i-want-to-die-what-do-i-do/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/see-because-being-cool-is-obviously-the-most-important-thing-on-earth/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) > [“She puts on her poker face; I don’t have any extra faces to put on, just the normal Craig face.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/she-puts-on-her-poker-face-i-don-t-have-any-extra-faces-to-put-on/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) > [“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?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/pro-scienta-atque-sapienta-latin-for-science-and-wisdom-it-s-a/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) > [I think you run out of 'I love yous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/i-think-you-run-out-of-i-love-yous/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) > [So now live for real, Craig. Live. Live. Live. Live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/so-now-live-for-real-craig-live-live-live-live/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) > [“...one quarter of your life is spent as a minor; you might as well make the best of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/one-quarter-of-your-life-is-spent-as-a-minor-you-might-as-well-make/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) > [Once you have a kid, it's amazing how quickly people ask, 'So are you going to stop at just one?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/once-you-have-a-kid-it-s-amazing-how-quickly-people-ask-so-are-you/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/so-when-i-ran-out-of-the-final-bottle-of-zoloft-i-didn-t-take-any/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) > [“If Bobby can get a place to live, I think, then I can get a life worth living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/if-bobby-can-get-a-place-to-live-i-think-then-i-can-get-a-life-worth/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) > [“Up next is Noelle. 'Hey, girl!' 'Don't you dare start calling me that. This is very nice of you to do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/up-next-is-noelle-hey-girl-don-t-you-dare-start-calling-me-that-this/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) > [They're sort of ancillary anyway, friends. I mean, they're important -- everybody knows that; the TV tells you so -- but they come and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/they-re-sort-of-ancillary-anyway-friends-i-mean-they-re-important/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/there-are-only-things-that-could-have-turned-out-differently-you-don/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/that-s-what-gets-me-through-the-day-knowing-that-i-could-do-it-that-i/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-vizzini/i-like-how-you-don-t-hide-your-problems-like-everyone-else-and-i-don/) [Ned Vizzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-vizzini/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/ned-vizzini/#itemlist", "name": "16 Want Quotes By Ned Vizzini", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to live but I want to die. 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