Ned Vizzini

I want to live but I want to die. What do I do?

— 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…

— Ned Vizzini

“She puts on her poker face; I don’t have any extra faces to put on, just the normal Craig face.”

— 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,…

— Ned Vizzini

I think you run out of 'I love yous

— Ned Vizzini

So now live for real, Craig. Live. Live. Live. Live.

— Ned Vizzini

“...one quarter of your life is spent as a minor; you might as well make the best of it.”

— Ned Vizzini

Once you have a kid, it's amazing how quickly people ask, 'So are you going to stop at just one?'

— 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.…

— Ned Vizzini

“If Bobby can get a place to live, I think, then I can get a life worth living.”

— Ned Vizzini

“Up next is Noelle. 'Hey, girl!' 'Don't you dare start calling me that. This is very nice of you to do.”

— Ned Vizzini

They're sort of ancillary anyway, friends. I mean, they're important -- everybody knows that; the TV tells you so -- but they…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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.

— Ned Vizzini

“Life can't be cured, it can be managed.”

— Ned Vizzini

“What's a triumph is that you woke up this morning and decided to live. That's a triumph.”

— Ned Vizzini

“I didn’t go to sleep until four, but I was in some one else’s house, so I woke up early—at eight—with that…

— Ned Vizzini

“But your relationship with air—that’s key. You can’t break up with air. You’re kind of stuck together. Only slightly less crucial is…

— Ned Vizzini

“Where are you supposed to put your arms when you dance? It’s like the Universal Question. I guess you’re supposed to put…

— Ned Vizzini

A novel wouldn't be a book if there weren't some flights of fancy on the part of the author, stopping time to…

— Ned Vizzini

We're all animals, high school is animals, but some of us are more animal than others. Like in 'Animal Farm,' which I…

— Ned Vizzini

No," mom says, looking at me in the eyes. "What's a triumph is that you woke up this morning and decided to…

— Ned Vizzini

“You deserve them because you chose them. You could have left them all behind but you chose to stay here.”

— Ned Vizzini

“It's when people compliment you that you're in trouble. That means they expect you to keep it up.”

— Ned Vizzini