Ned Vizzini Quotes

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• Some days I woke up and got out of bed and brushed my teeth like any normal human being; some days I woke up and…
• I had fooled myself into thinking that I was something important to the rest of the world.
• We wear our problems diffrently
• How would you know? Everything’s like sex. It’s the universal metaphor. To pick a lock, let me guess, you have to go slow at first,…
• Is that the truth, Jimmy?" I ask without looking at him. "It's the truth and it come to ya!" I smile.
• Life's not about feeling better, it's about getting the job done.
• And I could have died right then. And considering how things went, I really should have.
• You all right, man?' This should be my name. I could be like a super hero: You All Right Man. Ah...' I stumble. Don't bug…
• That's worst than gonerreha, man!
• I should be a success and I'm not and other people- younger people- are. Younger people than me are on TV and getting their lives…
• 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,…
• I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.
• So now live for real, Craig. Live. Live. Live. Live.
• The stuff adults tell you not to do is the easiest.
• 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…
• I don't owe people anything, and I don't have to talk to them any more than I feel I need to.
• People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed up and open about it than somebody perfect and ready to explode.
• No," mom says, looking at me in the eyes. "What's a triumph is that you woke up this morning and decided to LIVE. THAT'S a…
• Its so hard to talk when you want to kill yourself. That's above and beyond everything else, and it's not a mental complaint-it's a physical…
• Every tounge bit had another word to say.

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