Ned Vizzini
Ned Vizzini
Ned Vizziniwas an American writer. He was the author of four books for young adults including It's Kind of a Funny Story, which NPR named #56 of the "100 Best-Ever Teen Novels" of all time and which is the basis of the film of the same name...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth4 April 1981
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
anchors people
People don't make good Anchors, though, Craig. They change.
running thinking littles
I owe her everything and I love her and I tell her these days, although every time I say it, it gets a little diluted. I think you run out of I love yous.
thinking brain want
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 to do.
kids back-when
(...) Since I was a kid." "Which you refer to as 'back when you were happy.'" "Right.
depression suicide lying
I waste at least an hour every day lying in bed. Then I waste time pacing. I waste time thinking. I waste time being quiet and not saying anything because I'm afraid I'll stutter.
Depression starts slow.
lasts moments last-day
I've had good moments scattered since then, times when I thought I was better, but that was the last day I felt triumphant.
dies ifs
The Shift is coming. The Shift has to be coming. Because if you keep living like this you'll die.
stills
I'm still a nobody, when am I not going to be a nobody?
real school animal
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 are created equal, but some are more equal than others? Here in the real world, all equals are created animal, but some are more animal than others.
wish answers sometimes
Sometimes I wish I had an easy answer for why I'm depressed.
problem funny-story mines
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.
mouths want intention
I don't-" I shake my head. (...) "What? What were you going to say?" This is another trick of shrinks. They never let you stop in midthought. If you open your mouth, they want to know exactly what you had the intention of saying.
distance doctors hands
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 here to remind themselves that you're the patient and they're the doctor/volunteer/ employee. They like you, and they genuinely want you to do better, but when they shake your hand you feel that distance, that slight disconnect because they know that you're still broken somewhere, that you might snap at any moment.