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And that was the closest I've ever come to an epiphany.

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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
Epiphany
Closest
Ever
Come

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(...) Since I was a kid. Which you refer to as 'back when you were happy.' Right.
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I know a lot of famous people didn't do well at school, like James Brown he dropped out in fifth grade to be an entertainer, I respect that... but that's not going to be me. I'm not going to be able to do anything but work as hard as possible all the time and compete with everyone I know all the time to make it.
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its hard to talk when you want to kill yourself
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It's such a silly little thing, the heart.
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I've started to think it must just be chemistry, in which case we're looking for the Shift and we haven't found it yet.
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That's all I can do. I'll keep at it and hope it gets better.
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I'm still a nobody, when am I not going to be a nobody?
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It’s a huge thing, this Shift, just as big as I imagined. My brain doesn’t want to think anymore all of a sudden it wants to do.
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We're all animals, high school is animals, but some of us are more animal than others. Like in 'Animal Farm,' which I read, all animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others? Here in the real world, all equals are created animal, but some are more animal than others.
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Misfortune is no excuse for cruelty.
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Sometimes 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 out there that you have to do something to deal with it.
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I was never big on rage.' 'Why?' It's so much more angry in my head than it could ever be outside.
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I can't eat and I can't sleep. I'm not doing well in terms of being a functional human, you know?
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People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed up and open about it than somebody perfect and ready to explode.
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I'm going to be here until I'm cured? Life is not cured, Mr. Gilner. Life is managed.
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I owe her everything and I love her and I tell her these days, although every time I say it, it gets a little diluted. I think you run out of I love yous.
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