284 Quotes by Ned Vizzini

The Shift is coming. The Shift has to be coming. Because if you keep living like this you'll die.

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.

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 just my dad, watching his son who has fallen so low.

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 a little harsh how the END button is red.

Some of the most profound truths about us are things that we stop saying in the middle.

Life is not cured, Mr. Gilner." Dr. Mahmoud leans in. "Life is managed.

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 the rest of the world. Other people were complicit in this ruse. Nobody had told me I was common.

Life's not about feeling better, it's about getting the job done.

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.