For me personally, as much as I don't understand my mom and dad and as much as I feel sorry for them sometimes, I can't help but love them very much.
Stephen ChboskyAnd when she started becoming a โyoung lady,โ and no one was allowed to look at her because she thought she was fat. And how she really wasnโt fat. And how she was actually very pretty. And how different her face looked when she realized boys thought she was pretty. 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. I wondered how her face would look when she came out from behind those doors.
Stephen ChboskyThe girl that introduced The Smiths' song 'Asleep' to me was an important musical influence that I met in college. From there it's been an ongoing journey of different bands at different times, introducing bands and songs to me.
Stephen ChboskyIt's strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that's kind of how it felt.
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