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No, mom says, looking at me in the eyes. What's a triumph is that you woke up this morning and decided to LIVE. THAT'S a triumph. that's what you did today.

Ned Vizzini

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Ned Vizzini
Age: 32 †
Born: 1981
Born: April 4
Died: 2013
Died: December 19
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Eye
Woke
Today
Triumph
Live
Mom
Decided
Says
Eyes
Morning
Looking

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