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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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Ned Vizzini
Age: 32 †
Born: 1981
Born: April 4
Died: 2013
Died: December 19
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Angry
Outside
Head
Bigs
Ever
Much
Never
Rage

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