Stephen Chbosky Quotes - Page 6

I just think it's bad when a boy looks at a girl and thinks that the way he sees her is better than she actually is. And I think it's bad when the most honest way a boy can look at a girl is through a camera.

There were other stories and other names. Second Base Stace, who had breasts in fourth grade and let some of the boys feel them. Vincent, who took acid and tried to flush a sofa down the toilet. Sheila, who allegedly masturbated with a hot dog and had to go to the emergency room. The list went on and on.

All I could do is lie there and think about how much her voice changed when she asked me if she was pretty, and how much she changed when I answered.

But in that moment when my brother took the field, all that washed away, and everyone was proud... I looked up at my dad, and he was smiling. I looked at my mom, and she was smiling even though she was nervous about my brother getting hurt, which was strange because it was a VCR tape of an old game, and she knew he didn't get hurt.

And I wonder if anyone is really happy. I hope they are. I really hope they are.

Except that my father got a raise, and my mother didn't because she doesn't get paid for housework, and my sister stopped reading those self-esteem books because she met a new boy

I don't know if you've ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for thousands of years. Or just not exist.

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

I was in the shopping mall because that's where I go lately. For the last couple of weeks, I've been going there every day, trying to figure out why people go there. It's kind of a personal project.

The sound of the radio fades to nothing because the waves just can't reach

I think they were afraid that some of us would try to kill ourselves or something because they looked very tense and one of them kept touching his beard.

The fights are always the same

The radio comes back even louder than you remember it.

Charlie, you’re one of the most gifted people I’ve ever known. And I don’t mean in terms of my other students. I mean in terms of anyone I’ve ever met.

I was in my bed trying to figure out why sometimes you can wake up and go back to sleep and other times you can't

Old pictures look very rugged and young, and the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are.

And things were back to normal except we were just friends.

Calls her beautiful, but she cannot hear.

To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting.

we are all supposed to think of reasons to live.

It's kind of like when you look at yourself in the mirror and you say your name. And it gets to a point where none of it seems real.

I couldn't believe Sam actually got me a present because i honestly thought the "I love you" was it.

How about your favorite book?" "This Side of Paradise by From. Scott Fitzgerald." "Why?" "Because it was the last one I read." This made them laugh because they knew I meant it honest, not show-off. Then they told me their favorites, and we sat quiet.

Susan was very fun to be around. She liked movies, and her brother Frank made her tapes of this great music that she shared with us. But over the summer she had her braces taken off, and she got a little taller and prettier and grew breasts. Now, she acts a lot dumber in the hallways, especially when boys are around. And I think it's sad because Susan doesn't look as happy.

deep down...she's a good woman...you should be proud of her." When I told my mom about this, she just looked very sad because he could never say those things to her. Not ever. Not even when he walked her down the aisle.