

“I don't owe people anything, and I don't have to talk to them any more than I feel I need to.”
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story

“No," mom says, looking at me in the eyes. "What's a triumph is that you woke up this morning and decided to LIVE. THAT'S a triumph. that's what you did today.”
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story

“Its so hard to talk when you want to kill yourself. That's above and beyond everything else, and it's not a mental complaint-it's a physical thing, like it's physically hard to open your mouth and make the words come out. They don't come out smooth and in conjunction with your brain the way normal people's words do; they come out in chunks as if from a crushed-ice dispenser; you stumble on them as they gather behind your lower lip. So you just keep quiet.”
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story

“The stuff adults tell you not to do is the easiest.”
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story

“I should be a success and I'm not and other people- younger people- are. Younger people than me are on TV and getting their lives in order. I'm still a nobody. When am I going to not be a nobody?”
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
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