Ned VizziniI can't eat and I can't sleep. I'm not doing well in terms of being a functional human, you know?371Humanity
Ned VizziniSometimes when you open a book, time stops.352ReadingTime
Ned VizziniEvery tounge bit had another word to say.374Time
Ned VizziniI 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 … ▶332Humor
Ned VizziniI'm going to be here until I'm cured? Life is not cured, Mr. Gilner. Life is managed.354Life
Ned VizziniLife is not cured, Mr. Gilner. Dr. Mahmoud leans in. Life is managed.377Life
Ned VizziniI like how you don't hide your problems like everyone else, and I don't have to hide mine when I'm around you.322Hope
Ned VizziniI had hurt her feelings, I found out later; I didn’t know I had that power.312Politics
Ned VizziniShe's pretty. (It's amazing how girls can say this and make it the most withering insult.)357Philosophy
Ned VizziniWhat happened when you woke up? I was having a dream. I don’t know what it was, but when I woke up, I had this awful realization that I was awake. It hit me like a brick in the gr… ▶368LifeSadnessTime
Ned VizziniOf course I wasn't abused. If I were; things would be so simple. I'd have a reason to for being in a shrinks office. I'd have a justification and something to work on. The world w… ▶379Politics
Ned VizziniThe stuff adults tell you not to do is the easiest.302Love
Ned VizziniI've had good moments scattered since then, times when I thought I was better, but that was the last day I felt triumphant.368ThoughtTime
Ned VizziniThe absolute worst part of being depressed is the food. A person's relationship with food is one of their most important relationships. I don't think your relationship with your p… ▶357HumanityThought
Ned VizziniIt’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 worrying about what the day holds and knowing that you w… ▶281Thought
Ned VizziniSee, when you mess something up, you learn for the next time. It's when people compliment you that you're in trouble. That means they expect you to keep it up.348HumanityTime
Ned VizziniWe look into each other's eyes as we shake. His are still full of death and horror, but in them I see my face reflected, and inside my tiny eyes inside his, I think I see some hop… ▶282DeathHopeReflection
Ned VizziniDepression starts slow.304Time
Ned VizziniSo why am I depressed? That's the million-dollar question, baby, the Tootsie Roll question; not even the owl knows the answer to that one. I don't know either. All I know is the c… ▶337Love
Ned VizziniYes, Doctor. I'll do what you say. I'll do what you all say.282Love
Ned VizziniAnd I could have died right then. And considering how things went, I really should have.338DeathReflection
Ned VizziniA person's relationship with food is one of their most important relationships.305Truth
Ned VizziniAnd that was the closest I've ever come to an epiphany.349Life
Ned VizziniThat's what gets me through the day. Knowing that I could do it. That I'm strong enough to do it and I can get it done.295Time
Ned VizziniSometimes 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. Because there's so much stuff o… ▶306HumanityThoughtTime
Ned VizziniSki. 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 deserve them because you chose them… ▶262Truth
Ned VizziniI feel dead, wasted, awful, broken and useless. It's not the kind of feeling you forget.262Death
Ned VizziniI'm fine. Well, I'm not fine - I'm here. Is there something wrong with that? Absolutely.328Life
Ned VizziniThat made me happy. That was my Anchor.262Love
Ned VizziniI just want to not be me.339Humanity
