Stephen Chbosky Quotes

There are other people who have it a lot worse

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

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

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

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

Girls are weird, and I don't mean that offensively. I just can't put it any other way.

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.

Maybe he didn’t really encourage me to do things, but he didn’t prevent me from doing them either. But after a while, I didn’t do things because I didn’t want him to think different about me. But the thing is, I wasn’t being honest. So, why would I care whether or not he loved me when he didn’t really even know me?

More like the movie where the guy meets a smart girl who wears a lot of sweaters and drinks cocoa. They talk about books and issues and kiss in the rain.

I guess when you see somebody in the hallway or on the field or something, it's nice to know that they are a real person.

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.

I wonder what my speech would be.

people who try to control situations all the time are afraid that if they don't, nothing will work out the way they want.

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

I look at people holdings hands in the hallways, and I try to think how it all works. At the school dances, I sit in the background, and I tap my toe, and I wonder how many couples will dance to ‘their song.’ In the hallways, I see the girls wearing the guys’ jackets, and I think about the idea of property. And I wonder if anyone is really happy.

It’s like when you’re excited about a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel so happy for them. And other times you see the same couple, and they make you so mad. And all you want is to feel happy for them because you know that if you do, then it means you’re happy, too.

So I started shoveling Bob's driveway, which is a strange thing to do at a New Years Eve Party

When you publish a book, you do so in part to end the silence. All censorship is silence. I would never, as an author, feel right requiring a young person whose family would object to the book to read it. Just as I would never force that person to read it, I would ask those folks to not force others not to read it. To me, that is just good manners.

Patrick started driving really fast, and just before we got to the tunnel. Sam stood up, and the wind turned her dress into ocean waves. When we hit the tunnel, all the sound got scooped up into a vacuum, and it was replaced by a song on the tape player. A beautiful song called “Landslide.” When we got out of the tunnel, Sam screamed this really fun scream, and there it was. Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. Sam sat down and started laughing. Patrick started laughing. I started laughing. And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.

I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my face. Not caring if I saw downtown. Not even thinking about it. Because I was standing in the tunnel. And I was really there. And that was enough to make me feel infinite.

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.

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.

the juniors were acting different because they are now the seniors. They even had T-shirts made. I don't know who plans these things.

I used to listen to it all the time when I was little and thinking about grown-up things. I would go to my bedroom window and stare at my reflection in the glass and the trees behind it and just listen to the song for hours. I decided then that when I met someone I thought was as beautiful as the song, I should give it to that person. And I didn’t mean beautiful on the outside. I meant beautiful in all ways.

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

The thing is some girls think they can actually change guys

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

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

Despite everything my mom and doctor and dad have said to me about blame, I can't stop thinking what I know. And I know that my aunt Helen would still be alive today if she just bought me one present like everybody else. She would be alive if I were born on a day that didn't snow.

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.

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

Those writers that have zero say in their movie adaptations have zero say because they sell it. If you don't sell it, and you do it yourself, and you wait until the screenplay is ready, you don't have to worry about that.

When I did a study of all the coming-of-age movies that meant a lot to me, whether it was 'The Graduate' or 'Rebel Without a Cause' or 'Dead Poet's Society,' they all had that timeless feel. None of them were completely married to the details of their age. They felt timeless in their treatment of it. That's what made them resonate with me.

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

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

The radio comes back even louder than you remember it.

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 just listened to the music, and breathed in the day, and remembered things. Things like walking around the neighborhood and looking at the houses and the lawns and the colorful trees and having that be enough.

It's strange the times people choose to be generous.

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.

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 the significance of this, but I find it very interesting.

We didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough

The gift from my Secret Santa wasn't anything special. That makes me sad. I bet you anything that Mary Elizabeth is my Secret Santa because only she would give me socks.

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.

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.

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