Doris

“Who hasn't thought about killing themselves, as a kid? How can you grow up in this world and not think about it? It's an option taken by a lot of successful people: Ernest Hemingway, Socrates, Jesus. Even before high school, I thought that it would be a cool thing to do if I ever got really famous. If I kept making my maps, for instance, and some art collector came across them and decided to make them worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, if I killed myself at the height of that, they'd be worth millions of dollars, and I wouldn't be responsible for them anymore. I'd have left behind something that spoke for itself.”
― Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story

“I've learned that the more people I love — and I mean really, really, completely, unconditionally love — the happier I am.”
― Penny Reid, Friends Without Benefits

“There is nothing wrong with me. These are really sick people, sick that you can see.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

“Of course I wasn't abused. If I were; things would be so simple. I'd have a reason to for being in a shrinks office. I'd have a justification and something to work on. The world wasn't going to give me something that tidy.”
― Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story