284 Quotes by Ned Vizzini

That's the number one thing I hear about humans. You have all these choices, so you're confused all the time, and you think so much that you're never happy.

I had hurt her feelings, I found out later; I didn’t know I had that power.

But some people have to get lucky just to live. And I never knew I could make anybody lucky.

I like you a lot. Because you’re funny and smart and because you seem to like me. I know that’s not a good reason, but I can’t help it; if a girl likes me I tend to like her back [...] I like you for all this stuff but I also kind of like you for the cuts on your face—

And when you say the truth you get stronger.

Misfortune is no excuse for cruelty.

A lot of the books that I grew up reading were pretty brutal, like the Redwall books.

Relationships change even more than people. It's like two people changing. It's exponentially more volatile. Especially two teenagers.

They're sort of ancillary anyway, friends. I mean, they're important -- everybody knows that; the TV tells you so -- but they come and go. You lose one friend, you pick up another.