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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
Adult
Putting
Adults
Lessons
Dangerous
Books
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(...) Since I was a kid. Which you refer to as 'back when you were happy.' Right.
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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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What am I always going to do? I'm going to go home and freak out.I'm going to sit with my family and try not to talk about myself and what's wrong. Im going to try and eat. Then I'm going to try and sleep. I dread it. I can't eat and I can't sleep. I'm not doing well in terms of being a functional human, you know?
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I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad.
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Do you even know who the enemy is? I think... it's me.
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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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Nobody had told me I was common.
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