“I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad.”
Fuente: It's Kind of a Funny Story
Edison Price "Ned" Vizzini fue un escritor estadounidense. Fue el autor de cuatro libros para jóvenes adultos, incluyendo It's Kind of a Funny Story, que NPR listó en el # 56 de las "100 mejores Novelas para adolescentes de la historia" de todos los tiempos[1] y que es la base de la película del mismo nombre.
Vizzini murió el 19 de diciembre de 2013, en Brooklyn, Nueva York.[2] Le sobreviven su esposa, Sabra Embury, y su hijo.
“I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad.”
Fuente: It's Kind of a Funny Story
“(…) Since I was a kid."
"Which you refer to as 'back when you were happy.'"
"Right.”
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“I can't eat and I can't sleep. I'm not doing well in terms of being a functional human, you know?”
Variante: I'm not doing well in terms of being a functional human.
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“I don't know how I can be so ambitious and so lazy at the same time.”
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“I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.”
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“Things to do today:
1) Breathe in.
2) Breathe out.”
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“I'm fine. Well, I'm not fine - I'm here."
"Is there something wrong with that?"
"Absolutely.”
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“Dreams are only dreams until you wake up and make them real.”
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“I don't owe people anything, and I don't have to talk to them any more than I feel I need to.”
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“I'm smart but not enough--just smart enough to have problems.”
Variante: I'm young, but I'm already screwing up my life. I'm smart but not enough -- just smart enough to have problems.
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“Life's not about feeling better, it's about getting the job done.”
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“That's all I can do. I'll keep at it and hope it gets better.”
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“Life can't be cured, but it can be managed.”
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“Some of the most profound truths about us are things that we stop saying in the middle.”
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“The stuff adults tell you not to do is the easiest.”
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“I'm not afraid of dying, I'm afraid of living.”
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