Stephen Chbosky Quotes - Page 3

Sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.

And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain, and that didn't matter.

It's strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that's kind of how it felt.

Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight.

Even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.

There are other people who have it a lot worse

It's like looking at all the students and wondering who's had their heart broken that day, and how they are able to cope with having three quizzes and a book report on top of that.

Dear friend, I feel great! I really mean it. I have to remember his for the next time I'm having a terrible week. Have you wer done that? You feel really bad, and then it goes away, and you don't know why. I try to remind myself when I feel great like this that there will be another terrible week coming someday, so I should store up as many great details as I can, so during the next terrible week, I can remember those details and believe that I'll feel great again. It doesn't work a lot, but I think it's very important to try.

He’s my whole world.” “Don’t ever say that about anyone again. Not even me.

We accept the love we think we deserve.

And I never felt that good in my life. But I also felt bad because I saw her naked without her permission.

I'm just thinking too fast-- much too fast.

I love my mom. And this time, I told her I loved her. And she told me she loved me, too. And things were okay for a little while.

Something really is wrong with me. And I don't know what it is.

The inside jokes weren't jokes anymore. they had become stories

Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad.

There are rules you follow here not because you want to, but because you have to.

Girls like guys to be a challenge. It gives them some mold to fit in how they act. Like a mom. What would a mom do if she couldn't fuss over you and make you clean your room? And what would you do without her fussing and making you do it? Everyone needs a mom. And a mom knowns this. And it gives her a sense of purpose. You get it?

It's just hard to see a friend hurt this much. Especially when you can't do anything except 'be there.' I just want to make him stop hurting, but I can't. So I just follow him around whenever he wants to show me his world.

The most beautiful surprise is that you have these moments where you connect with people on a deep level without saying a word. It's one of those wonderful things that you get what you give, and I'm grateful for it.

What about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms?

He realized that if he didn't leave, it would never be his life. It would be theirs.

Music is a vital part of my life, and it has been since I was a kid. It helped me find my identity as a person, it helped me find my identity as an artist, and it helped me get in touch with emotions that I didn't know I had.

You get the right collection of people together and you get the atmosphere together that it is very free where there is no judgment. If you create an atmosphere that is very open you steer the ship.

When I was driving home, I just thought about the word 'special'. And I thought the last person who said that about me was my Aunt Helen. I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think everyone is special in their own way. I really do.