Stephen Chbosky Quotes

But right now I’m here with you. And I want to know where you are, what you need, and what you want to do.

It’s strange how things can change back as suddenly as they changed originally. When one thing happens and suddenly, things are back to normal.

You take girls, for example. They're copying their moms and magazines and everything to know how to act around guys. I mean it's not like in movies where girls like assholes or anything like that. It's not that easy. They just like somebody that can give them purpose.

It's much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody.

The thing is, some girls think they can actually change guys. And what’s funny is that if they actually did change them, they’d get bored. They’d have no challenge left. You just have to give girls some time to think of a new way of doing things, that’s all. Some of them will figure it out here. Some later. Some never. I wouldn’t worry about it too much.

"I sat down and tried to write a story.

"Ian MacArthur is a wonderful sweet fellow who wears glasses and peers out of them with delight."

That was the first sentence. The problem was that I just couldn't think of the next one. After cleaning my room three times, I decided to leave Ian alone for a while because I was starting to get mad at him."

It's nice to have things to look forward to.

If it meant that I would never get to think of you that way, as long as you were happy, it was okay.

And when she started becoming a “young lady,” and no one was allowed to look at her because she thought she was fat. And how she really wasn’t fat. And how she was actually very pretty. And how different her face looked when she realized boys thought she was pretty. And how different her face looked the first time she really liked a boy who was not on a poster on her wall. And how her face looked when she realized she was in love with that boy. I wondered how her face would look when she came out from behind those doors.

As you enter the tunnel, the wind gets sucked away, and you squint from the lights overhead. When you adjust the lights, you can see the other side in the distance just as the sound of the radio fades to nothing because the waves just can’t reach. Then, you’re in the middle of the tunnel, and everything becomes a calm dream. As you see the opening get closer, you just can’t get there fast enough. And finally, just when you think you’ll never get there, you see the opening right in front of you. And the radio comes back even louder than you remember it. And the wind is waiting. And you fly out of the tunnel onto the bridge. And there it is. The city. A million lights and buildings and everything seems as exciting as the first time you saw it.

So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them.

Nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia.

I don't know if it's better to be close with your daughter or make sure that she has a better life than you do.

I love Twinkies, and the reason I am saying that is because we are all supposed to think of reasons to live.

Girls are weird, and I don't mean that offensively. I just can't put it any other way.