Stephen Chbosky Quotes

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

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

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

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

We accept the love we think we deserve.

I really think that everyone should have watercolors, magnetic poetry, and a harmonica.

Maybe these are my glory days, and I'm not ever realizing it because they involve a ball.

And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.

please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And i will always believe the same about you.

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.

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.

This moment will just be another story someday.

I'm only being cute here. I don't really mean it. I just wanted to make you smile.

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.

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

It was the kind of kiss that made me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.

I would die for you. But I won't live for you.

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

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.

He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.

Sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.

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

I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.

I was looking at the photographs and I started thinking that there was a time when these weren't memories.

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

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

Why do I and everyone I love pick people who treat us like we're nothing"; - "We accept the love we think we deserve.

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

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.

Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.

And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have. Good and bad.

Enjoy it. Because it's happening.

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

I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and doesn't try to sleep with someone even if they could have. I need to know these people exist.

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.

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

I wanted to laugh. Or maybe get mad. Or maybe shrug at how strange everyone was, especially me.

There are other people who have it a lot worse

I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people. Maybe that is what makes people "participate.

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

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

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.

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

It’s much easier not to know things sometimes.

I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand and didn't try to sleep with that person at that party even though you could have.

Try to be a filter, not a sponge.

The perfect song on the perfect drive to make you feel infinite.

It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.

They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.

Welcome to the island of misfit toys.