"Sometimes I just think depression's one way of coping with the world. Like, some people get drunk, some people do drugs, some people get depressed. Because there's so much stuff out there that you hav..."
- Ned Vizzini
"It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare, you're so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare.""And what is that nightmare, Craig?""Life."
"you have to be the prude or the slut, and if you pick one, other people hate you for it, and you can’t trust anyone anymore, because they’re all after the same thing, and you see that you can never go..."
"We look into each other's eyes as we shake. His are still full of death and horror, but in them I see my face reflected, and inside my tiny eyes inside his, I think I see some hope."
"And I could have died right then. And considering how things went, I really should have."
"It's such a silly little thing, the heart."
"Dreams are only dreams until you wake up and make them real."
"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."
"That's worst than gonerreha, man!"
"I wanted to tell people, "My depression is acting up today" as an excuse for not seeing them, but I never managed to pull it off."