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"A working brain is probably a lot like a map, where anybody can get from one place to another on the freeways. It's the nonworking brains that get blocked, that have dead ends, that are under construction like mine."
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"Something deep in my guts, below my heart, has made a shift to the left and settled in a more comfortable place. It's not the Shift, but it's a shift. I picture Nia with her gorgeous face and little body and black hair and pouty lips and Aaron's hands all over her but also with her pot smoking and the pimples on her forehead and making fun of people all the time and the way she's always so proud of how she's dressed. And I picture her fading."
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"found myself jealous of the people who wrote the books. They were dead and they were still taking up my time. Who did they think they were?"
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"I'm waiting for her to say "Craig, what you need to do is X" and for the Shift to occur. I want there to be a Shift so bad."
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"They take away your options and all you can do is live, and it's just like Humble said: I'm not afraid of dying; I'm afraid of living. I was afraid before, but I'm afraid even more now that I'm a public joke."
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"The people are Anchors," I say.
"People don't make good Anchors, though, Craig. They change. The people here are going to change. The patients are going to leave. You can't rely on them."
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"People don't make good Anchors, though, Craig. They change. The people here are going to change. The patients are going to leave. You can't rely on them."
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"Up next is Noelle.
'Hey, girl!'
'Don't you dare start calling me that. This is very nice of you to do."
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
'Hey, girl!'
'Don't you dare start calling me that. This is very nice of you to do."
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"Brooklyn is a big fat blob with its own ugly shape across from Manhattan; it looks like Jabba the Hutt counting his money."
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"Just be careful of forming close relationships, Craig. Focus on yourself." "Okay." "Only then does healing take place." "All right."
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"I look up at her, rolling her mouth and smiling down. I look at the map. It's not a brain, clearly; it's a map; can't she see the rivers and highways and interchanges? But I see how it could look like a brain, like if all roads were twisted neurons, pulling your emotions from one place to another, bringing the city to life. A working brain is probably a lot like a map, where anybody can get from one place to another on the freeways. It's the nonworking brains that get blocked, that have dead ends, that are under construction like mine."
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― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"Whether it's sleeping or playing video games or riding my bike or studying. Giving my brain up. That's what's important."
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"There's great stuff in there. There's a disease called Ondine's Curse, in which your body loses the ability to breathe involuntarily. Can you imagine? You have to think "breathe, breathe" all the time, or you stop breathing. Most people who get it die."
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"That means you start today. This is an opportunity for you to explore your interests. So I ask you: what are your hobbies?" Bad question, Monica. "I don't have any." "Aha. None at all?" "No." I work, Monica, and I think about work, and I freak out about work, and I think about how much I think about work, and I freak out about how much I think about how much I think about work, and I think about how freaked out I get about how much I think about how much I think about work. Does that count as a hobby?"
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"People don't make good Anchors, though, Craig. They change. The people here are going to change."
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"The party line is that some of the most profound truths about us are things that we stop saying in the middle,"
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"But, um, I kind of wondered if I could have your phone number, so I can call you when we're out of here.' She smiles and her cuts outline her face like a cat's whispers. 'Crafty.' 'I am a guy,' I say. 'And I hate boys,' she says. 'But a guy's different,' I say. 'Maybe a little,' she says."
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"I'm asking for simplicity, for purity and ease of choice and no pressure. I'm asking for something that no politics is going to provide, something that probably you only get in preschool."
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"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."
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"Good. Because right now I don't have you pegged as a yuppie. You're something else. I'm not sure what you are, but I'm going to find out." "Cool."
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"After college, I went through my own shit and decided that all physical suffering in the world couldn't compare to mental anguish. And when I got myself, I decided to help other people."
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"It's funny how people ask that as soon as they get you on the phone. I think it's a byproduct of cell phones: people—girls and moms especially—want to nail you down in physical space. The fact is that you could be anywhere on a cell phone and it shouldn't be important where you are. But it becomes the first thing people ask."
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"Craig, where are you?" It's funny how people ask that as soon as they get you on the phone. I think it's a byproduct of cell phones: people—girls and moms especially—want to nail you down in physical space. The fact is that you could be anywhere on a cell phone and it shouldn't be important where you are. But it becomes the first thing people ask."
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
"Where are you supposed to put your arms when you dance? It's like the Universal Question."
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
".
"I was never big on rage"
"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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― It's Kind of a Funny Story
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