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I had fooled myself into thinking that I was something important to the rest of the world.

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
Thinking
World
Fooled
Rest
Important
Something

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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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My brain was all right back then it didn't get stuck in ruts.
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The Shift is coming. The Shift has to be coming. Because if you keep living like this you'll die.
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And I could have died right then. And considering how things went, I really should have.
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