All Ned Vizzini Quotes
- I wasn't going to have enough money to pay for a Good Lifestyle, which meant I'd feel ashamed, which meant I'd get depressed, and that… Ashamed
- You want to play video games twenty-four hours a day?" "Or watch. I just want to not be me. Whether it's sleeping or playing video… Bike
- It’s a huge thing, this Shift, just as big as I imagined. My brain doesn’t want to think anymore; all of a sudden it wants… All
- We're all animals, high school is animals, but some of us are more animal than others. Like in 'Animal Farm,' which I read, all animals… All
- I don't know how I can be so ambitious and so lazy at the same time. Ambitious
- Sometimes I wish I had an easy answer for why I'm depressed. Answer
- 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. Everyone
- Ski. Sled. Play basketball. Jog. Run. Run. Run. Run home. Run home and enjoy. Enjoy. Take these verbs and enjoy them. They're yours, Craig. You… All
- Dreams are only dreams until you wake up and make them real. Action
- deep down I believe my year was a special year: it produced me. Believe
- I'm smart but not enough--just smart enough to have problems. Inspirational
- I wasn’t gifted. Mom was wrong. I was just smart and I worked hard. I had fooled myself into thinking that was something important to… Common
- Sometimes I just think depression's one way of coping with the world. Like, some people get drunk, some people do drugs, some people get depressed.… Coping
- People don't make good Anchors, though, Craig. They change. Anchors
- Life is not cured, Mr. Gilner." Dr. Mahmoud leans in. "Life is managed. Cured
- Some of the most profound truths about us are things that we stop saying in the middle. Inspirational
- If there is a next life, I hope it's in the past; I don't think the future will be any more handleable. I think it's… Any
- Dad nods, looks me dead in the eyes; slowly and regretfully, he banishes all the smiling and joking from his face, and for once he's… All
- I'm glad you came here and got the help you needed," Neil says, and he shakes my hand in that way that people do in… Any
- Dr. Barney stared at me, his lips puckered. What was he so serious about? Who hasn’t thought about killing themselves, as a kid? How can… Barney
- It’s tough to get out of bed; I know that myself. You can lie there for an hour and a half without thinking anything, just… Able
- Life can't be cured, but it can be managed. Cured
- A person's relationship with food is one of their most important relationships. Food
- She's pretty." (It's amazing how girls can say this and make it the most withering insult.) Amazing
- I'm still a nobody, when am I not going to be a nobody? Funny