Stephen Chbosky Quotes

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.

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.

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

I guess I'm pretty emotional.

I wish I could stop being in love with Sam. I really do.

Part of the reason I wrote the book was I wanted to understand for myself why such good people let themselves get treated so badly.

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

I'm not saying she was lying to me, but she just acted so different before I got to know her, and if she really isn't like what she was at the beginning, I wish she could have just said so.

The fights are always the same

On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain got tired, so I decided to watch some television instead.

Sam and Patrick looked at me. And I looked at them. And I think they knew. Not anything specific really. They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.

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

Incidentally, I only have one cavity, and as much as my dentist asks me to, I just can't bring myself to floss.

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

What's your favorite book? "The last one I read.

on that piece of white paper, sam wrote, "write about me sometime." and i typed something back to her, standing right there in her bedroom. i just typed. "i will.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

I really do love my sister. Especially when she's nice.

I know that things get worse before they get better because that’s what my psychiatrist says, but this is a worse that feels too big.

Movies, by nature, are not subjective, they're objective.

Bridget who is crazy said that sometimes she thought about suicide when commercials come on during TV. She was sincere and this puzzled the guidance counselors.

As people get older, we all know, you get married and you have a child and that becomes your family, but when you're 16 years old, especially, your family is your friends.

I don't know what's wrong with me. It's like all I can do is keep writing this gibberish to keep from breaking apart.

That was always my hope that that is exactly what I would do. It was always part of the dream of this story - to write the novel and then direct the movie.

Why would I care whether or not he loved me when he didn't even really know me?

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.

Regardless, I decided to never take LSD again.

When the police came, they found my brother asleep on the roof. Nobody knows how he got there.

I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting.

Patrick started running after the sunset. And Sam immediately followed him. And I saw them in silhouette. Running after the sun.

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 don't even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere.

Sam has brown hair and very, very pretty green eyes. The kind of green that doesn't make a big deal about itself.

Some kids look at me strange in the hallways because I don't decorate my locker.

I said no to having a beer. I once had a beer with my brother when I was twelve, and I just didn't like it. It's really that simple for me. [pp.37]

I want to be an author/director and I'm writing my second book now and I want to make a movie of it, and I hope I get to do this for the rest of my life.

The thing is some girls think they can actually change guys

If the right thing came along, I would absolutely direct something I did not write because I love the process so much, but we'll see. I'm taking it day by day.

Harold and Maude' was a seminal movie for me because it's not only a beautiful love story, but it's also about the moment when misfits find each other.

I wish I knew. It might make me miss him more clearly. It might have made sad sense.

and for the first time in my life I understand the end of that poem. And I never wanted to. You have to believe me.

Love pats are soft punches of encouragement that are admistered on the knee, shoulder, and arm.

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

So, I heard you're this ninja or something.

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