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Putting lessons in young adult books is very dangerous.

Ned Vizzini

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Ned Vizzini
Age: 32 †
Born: 1981
Born: April 4
Died: 2013
Died: December 19
Novelist
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New York City
New York
Young
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Adult
Putting
Adults
Lessons
Dangerous
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A lot of the books that I grew up reading were pretty brutal, like the Redwall books.
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its hard to talk when you want to kill yourself
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I'm smart but not enough--just smart enough to have problems.
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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 like you a lot. Because you’re funny and smart and because you seem to like me. I know that’s not a good reason, but I can’t help it if a girl likes me I tend to like her back [...] I like you for all this stuff but I also kind of like you for the cuts on your face—
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I'm jealous of her. Can you be jealous of your mom for being able to handle things? I couldn't take a day off, take a dog to the vet, and cook dinner. That's like three times too much stuff for me to get done in one day. How am I ever going to have my own house?
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You all right, man?' This should be my name. I could be like a super hero: You All Right Man. Ah...' I stumble. Don't bug Craig,' Ronny is like. 'He's in the Craig zone. He's Craig-ing out.
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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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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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Misfortune is no excuse for cruelty.
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See, when you mess something up, you learn for the next time. It's when people compliment you that you're in trouble. That means they expect you to keep it up.
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