284 Quotes by Ned Vizzini

Huh, yeah,' Johnny says. 'My mom was always complimenting me, and look how I turned out.

I'm glad I have a concrete thing to blame this on, something everyone can point a finger at.

What's a triumph is that you woke up this morning and decided to live. That's a triumph.

We all live within time. It rules us.

There are only things that could have turned out differently. You don't have any shoulds or woulds in your life, see? You only have things that could have gone a different way.

I'm young, but I'm already screwing up my life. I'm smart but not enough - just smart enough to have problems.

I was a kid; I had plenty more to do; I'd been through some crap but I was learning from it

--but then I decided I didn't want any regrets. I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.

I'm going to do it tonight. This is such a farce, this whole thing. I thought I was better and I'm not better. I tried to get stable and I can't get stable. I tried to turn the corner and there aren't any corners; I can't eat; I can't sleep; I'm just wasting resources.