6 Quotes & Sayings By Nic Sheff

Nic Sheff is the author of the New York Times Bestseller "Beautiful Boy" about his mother's struggle with an addiction to heroin and methamphetamine. He is also the founder of The Chopra Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting addiction recovery through the integration of mind, body, and spirit.

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It's like if the music is loud enough I won't be able to listen to my own thoughts. Nic Sheff
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As long as you look for someone else to validate who you are by seeking their approval, you are setting yourself up for disaster. You have to be whole and complete in yourself. No one can give you that. You have to know who you are - what others say is irrelevant. Nic Sheff
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It was like being in a car with the gas pedal slammed down to the floor and nothing to do but hold on and pretend to have some semblance of control. But control was something I'd lost a long time ago. Nic Sheff
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You have got to get creative if you want anyone to notice your goddamn teenage angst. Nic Sheff
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Maybe having schizophrenia is my big fuck-you to the status quo. Only, I guess at this point, being normal and well-adjusted would be, like, the biggest fuck-you of them all. So I guess I'll just try to shoot for that, if I can. Nic Sheff