I 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?
Everything in my life is all in my brain, really, so it would be natural that when my brain was screwed up, everything in my life would be.
Brooklyn is a big fat blob with its own ugly shape across from Manhattan; it looks like Jabba the Hutt counting his money.
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.
Yes. Now, you might not want to become so friendly with your fellow patients on the floor. Why not? That can distract people from the healing process. How? This is a hospital. It’s not a place to make...
Why were the other kids doing better than me? Because they were better, that's why That's what I knew every time I sat down online or got on the subway to Aaron's house. Other people weren't smoking o...
Where are you supposed to put your arms when you dance? It’s like the Universal Question. I guess you’re supposed to put them around someone.
What happened when you woke up? I was having a dream. I don’t know what it was, but when I woke up, I had this awful realization that I was awake. It hit me like a brick in the groin. Like a brick in...
What am I always going to do? I'm going to go home and freak out.I'm going to sit with my family and try not to talk about myself and what's wrong. Im going to try and eat. Then I'm going to try and s...
Up next is Noelle.'Hey, girl!''Don't you dare start calling me that. This is very nice of you to do.
Travel. Fly. Swim. Meet. Love. Dance. Win. Smile. Laugh. Hold. Walk. Skip. Jog. Run. Run home and enjoy. Enjoy. Take these verbs and enjoy them. They're yours, Craig. You deserve them because you chos...
The wall is home base. The wall won't move. If I stand at the wall, I won't be expected to move. This is what it means to be a wallflower. Now I understand.
The thought trail one another in my brain running from the back up to the front and dripping down again under my chin: I'm no one; I'll never make it in my life; I'm about to get revealed as a fake, I...
The mother I’m completely over but the daughter I love to death. The mother I’d like to love to death. Heh. Don’t do me any favors; only laugh if it’s funny. It is!
She doesn't want to end up like me. At least I'm giving someone an example not to follow.
See, because being Cool is obviously the most important thing on earth. It's more important than getting a job, or having a girlfriend, or political power, or money, because all those things are predi...
My one friend is a screwup—a genius blessed with the most beautiful girl in the world, and he doesn’t even know it.
Like in Animal Farm, which I read, all animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others?
It's not a big thing, but I guess it's true- big things are often just small things that are noticed.
I've had good moments scattered since then, times when I thought I was better, but that was the last day I felt triumphant.