I've never understood the need people have to dictate morality to other people. I really don't know what it is. I don't know if it's fear or the belief that they know the only right way. Or maybe they see a lot of social ills and social decline, and they really think they have the elixir for it.
Stephen ChboskyPatrick started running after the sunset. And Sam immediately followed him. And I saw them in silhouette. Running after the sun.
Stephen ChboskyMaybe he didnโt really encourage me to do things, but he didnโt prevent me from doing them either. But after a while, I didnโt do things because I didnโt want him to think different about me. But the thing is, I wasnโt being honest. So, why would I care whether or not he loved me when he didnโt really even know me?
Stephen ChboskyIt's like he would take a photograph of Sam, and the photograph would be beautiful. And he would think that the reason the photograph was beautiful was because of how he took it. If I took it, I would know that the only reason it's beautiful is because of Sam.
Stephen Chboskyand for the first time in my life I understand the end of that poem. And I never wanted to. You have to believe me.
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