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
teenager two people
Relationships change even more than people. It's like two people changing. It's exponentially more volatile. Especially two teenagers.
broken feelings awful
I feel dead, wasted, awful, broken and useless. It's not the kind of feeling you forget.
problem
We wear our problems diffrently
confused thinking numbers
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.
no-excuses excuse cruelty
Misfortune is no excuse for cruelty.
no-excuses excuse cruelty
Misfortune is no excuse for cruelty.
today breathe things-to-do
Things to do today: 1) Breathe in. 2) Breathe out.
made persons concepts
Time is a person-made concept.
strong knowing done
That'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.
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.
profound middle profound-truth
Some of the most profound truths about us are things that we stop saying in the middle.
drs life-is
Life is not cured, Mr. Gilner." Dr. Mahmoud leans in. "Life is managed.
anchors people
People don't make good Anchors, though, Craig. They change.
mom smart thinking
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.