Top 150 Ned Vizzini Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “I want my brain to slide back into the slot it was meant to be in, rest there the way it did before the fall of last year, back when I was young, witty, and my teachers said I had incredible promise.”

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102. “This is another trick of shrinks. They never let you stop in midthought. If you open your mouth, they want to know exactly what you had the intention of saying. The party line is that some of the most profound truths about us are things that we stop saying in the middle, but I think they do it to make us feel important. One thing’s for sure: no one else in life says to me, “Wait, Craig, what were you going to say?”

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103. “People are screwed up in this world. I’d rather be with someone screwed up and open about it.”

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104. “Great, excellent,” the guy had said. “You other people are out of a job! Heh heh. Learn comp sci.”

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105. “Travel. Fly. Swim. Meet. Love. Dance. Win. Smile. Laugh. Hold. Walk. Skip. Jog. Run. Run home and enjoy. Enjoy. Take these verbs and enjoy them. They’re yours, Craig. You deserve them because you chose them. You could have left them all behind but you chose to stay here. So now live for real. Live. Live. Live. Live.”

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106. “The stuff adults tell you not to do is the easiest.”

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107. “But you know what, it’s time for me to stop putting other people’s emotions ahead of my own. It’s time for me to be true to myself, like the popstars say. And my true self wants to blast off this rock.”

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108. “Who hasn’t thought about killing themselves, as a kid? How can you grow up in this world and not think about it?”

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109. “Kid like you, got money, got a family, you’ll be out in a few days.”

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110. “He asked the class how many of us were taking computer science, and everybody but me and this one girl who didn’t speak English raised their hands.”

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111. “You lose one friend, you pick up another.”

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112. “And that was the closest I’ve ever come to an epiphany.”

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113. “We all live within time. It rules us.”

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114. “When I was a kid I read these books, the Redwall books, fantasy books about a bunch of warrior mice, and the mice had this war cry that I always thought was cool: “Eulalia.” And like an idiot, that’s what I yelled off the Brooklyn Bridge: Eulaliaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

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115. “That’s worst than gonerreha, man!”

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116. “People don’t make good Anchors, though, Craig. They change. The people here are going to change.”

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117. “They’ve spent alot of money on me. I’m ashamed.”

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118. “I was still getting 93’s, but what the hell, someone had to get them.”

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119. “Dr. Barney stared at me, his lips puckered. What was he so serious about? Who hasn’t thought about killing themselves, as a kid? How can you grow up in this world and not think about it?”

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120. “I learn something I didn’t know about the human body : if your mom cries, you cry.”

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121. “Well, my dad died when I was three.” Shoot. That’s right. Some of us have actual things to complain about.”

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122. “And you shouldn’t assume that everything is always about you.”

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123. “Yes, Doctor. I’ll do what you say. I’ll do what you all say.”

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124. “They take away your options and all you can do is live, and it’s just like Humble said: I’m not afraid of dying; I’m afraid of living. I was afraid before, but I’m afraid even more now that I’m a public joke.”

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125. “Bobby sips his coffee. “If there wasn’t coffee on this earth, I’d be dead.”

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126. “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.”

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127. “They always said on TV you could do anything you wanted, but here I was trying to do something and it wasn’t working. I would never be able to do it.”

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128. “Once the music starts he goes right into the Jimmy-verse, banging against his washboard and letting it all hang out in a piercing falsetto that’s surprisingly on key. The thing is, he doesn’t sing “I Shot the Sheriff.” He sings only one phrase: “How sweet it is!”

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129. “Every tounge bit had another word to say.”

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130. “We wear our problems diffrently.”

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131. “Giving my brain up. That’s what’s important.”

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132. “At least I’m giving someone an example not to follow.”

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133. “Ski. Sled. Play basketball. Jog. Run. Run. Run. Run home. Run home and enjoy.”

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134. “It’s so much more angry in my head than it could ever be outside.”

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

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136. “I click END. I think it’s a little harsh how the END button is red.”

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137. “There’s so much more for me to be doing. I should be a success and I’m not and other people – younger people – are.”

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138. “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.”

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139. “The mother I’m completely over but the daughter I love to death. The mother I’d like to love to death.” “Heh.” “Don’t do me any favors; only laugh if it’s funny.” “It is!”

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140. “SUICIDAL IDEATION. That would be a good band name, I think.”

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141. “Just be careful of forming close relationships, Craig. Focus on yourself.” “Okay.” “Only then does healing take place.” “All right.”

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142. “I know that you’re not supposed to think about dancing – what is that stupid expression, Sing like no one’s listening, dance like no one’s watching? – whatever.”

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143. “A doctor comes into 22. She has long, dark hair and a pudgy face and bright green eyes. “Hey.” “I’m Dr. Data.” “Dr. Data?” “Yes.” Huh. I want to ask her if she’s an android, but that wouldn’t be very respectful; and besides, I’m not up to it.”

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144. “Whether it’s sleeping or playing video games or riding my bike or studying. Giving my brain up. That’s what’s important.”

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145. “Let’s concentrate on our discussion of things that make us happy, Humble,” says the psychologist.”

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146. “Good. Because right now I don’t have you pegged as a yuppie. You’re something else. I’m not sure what you are, but I’m going to find out.” “Cool.”

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147. “I picked Ember. After I started working with Mortin.′ ‘Why?’ ‘Because embers turn into flames.”

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148. “I don’t really need to explain this to Aaron. He’s been demoted.”

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149. “You shouldn’t be able to be alive and you are. You want to trade?”

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150. “I ask the nurse wrapping up her dispensing duties if I need any meds, and she says I’m not scheduled for any. I ask her if I can have some. She asks what I need them for. I tell her, to deal with this crazy place. She says if they had pills for that, they wouldn’t need places like this in the first place, would they?”

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