I didn't know that other people thought things about me. I didn't know that they looked.
Stephen ChboskyWhen we were all getting ready to leave, I walked up to my grandfather and gave him a hug and kiss on the cheek. He wiped my lip print off with his palm and gave me a look. He doesn't like the boys in the family to touch him. But I'm very glad that I did it anyway in case he dies. I never got to do that with my Aunt Helen.
Stephen ChboskyI 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.
Stephen ChboskyI can see it. This one moment when you know youโre not a sad story. Youโre alive. And you stand up and see the lights and the buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And youโre listening to that song in that drive with the people you love most in this world. And in this moment I swearโฆ we are infinite.
Stephen Chbosky