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I don't- I shake my head. (...) What? What were you going to say? 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.

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
Head
Trick
Stop
Shakes
Open
Tricks
Another
Mouth
Going
Intention
Never
Mouths
Exactly
Shrinks
Saying
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