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Depression starts slow.

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
Depression
Starts
Slow

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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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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.
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Time is a person-made concept.
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It's such a silly little thing, the heart.
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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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You shouldn't be able to be alive and you are. You want to trade?
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(...) Since I was a kid. Which you refer to as 'back when you were happy.' Right.
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Misfortune is no excuse for cruelty.
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I waste at least an hour every day lying in bed. Then I waste time pacing. I waste time thinking. I waste time being quiet and not saying anything because I'm afraid I'll stutter.
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They've spent alot of money on me. I'm ashamed.
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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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That made me happy. That was my Anchor.
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I just want to not be me.
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Things to do today: 1) Breathe in. 2) Breathe out.
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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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The Shift hasn't happened yet, maybe it never will, but sometimes-just enough times to give me hope-my brain jars back into where it's supposed to be.
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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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