Stephen Chbosky Quotes

She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just takes time.

I don't know how much longer I can keep going without a friend. I used to be able to do it very easily, but that was before I knew what having a friend was like.

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

There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.

So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. 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. And we can try to feel okay about them.

Enjoy it. Because it's happening.

If you are in a movie theater, you can look two people down and they are laughing while you are laughing or you can look three people down and they love that song that you love. It is living proof that you are not alone.

You should tell her how nice her outfit is because her outfit is her choice whereas her face isn't.

This moment will just be another story someday.

I feel like a big faker because I've been putting my life back together, and nobody knows.

If you care about somebody, you should want them to be happy. Even if you wind up being left out.

Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.

You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things.

I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that I don’t know if anyone else ever has.

So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.

Standing on the fringes of life... offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor.

Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.

And all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the songs you've loved have been heard by other people. And that girl that's pretty to you is pretty to other people. and that if you looked at these facts when you were happy, you would feel great because you are describing 'unity.

I want to make sure that the first person you kiss loves you, okay?

I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what this is.

And she looked at me like she couldn't believe I knew she loved Anne Rice. I guess he didn't know how much she talked or how much I listened.

To tell you the truth I love Sam. It's not a movie kind of love either. I just look at her sometimes and I think she is the prettiest and nicest person in the whole world.

Most of the people I know who were raised to be accommodating or were raised to just be nice and put everybody's needs ahead of theirs, there comes a moment when the pressure builds and they can't do it anymore. They have needs and they feel neglected and they usually explode.

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

The reason I am thinking so far in advance is because school is terribly lonely. I think I've said that before, but it's getting harder every day.