Stephen Chbosky Quotes

I’m so sorry that I wasted your time because you really do mean a lot to me and I hope you have a very nice life because I really think you deserve it. I really do. I hope you do, too. Okay, then. Goodbye.

Patrick actually used to be popular before Sam bought him some good music.

I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.

And I thought that all those little kids are going to grow up someday. And all of those little kids are going to do the things that we do. And they will all kiss someone someday. But for now, sledding is enough. I think it would be great if sledding were always enough, but it isn't.

And I closed my eyes because I wanted to know nothing but her arms.

It's great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms or something like that? You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things.

people who try to control situations all the time are afraid that if they don't, nothing will work out the way they want.

"I hate you."
I love you."
You're a freak, you know that? Everyone says so. They always have."
I'm trying not to be.

It's like he would take a photograph of Sam, and the photograph
would be beautiful. And he would think that the reason the
photograph was beautiful was because of how he took it. If I took
it, I would know that the only reason it's beautiful is because of
Sam.

Have you ever done that? You feel really bad, and then it goes away, and you don’t know why.

Sometimes, I look outside, and I think that a lot of other people have seen this snow before. Just like I think that a lot of other people have read those books before. And listened to those songs.
I wonder how they feel tonight.

I have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book.

But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things.

I think it was the first time in my life I ever felt like I looked “good”. Do you know what I mean? That nice feeling when you look in the mirror, and your hair’s right for the first time in your life? I don’t think we should base so much on weight, muscles, and a good hair day, but when it happens, it’s nice. It really is.

As much as I feel sad, I think that not knowing is what really bothers me.