As I was walking up the stairs to dad's old room, and I was looking at the photographs, I started thinking that there was a time when these weren't memories. That someone actually took the photograph, and the people in the photograph had just eaten lunch or something.
Stephen ChboskyAnd all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the songs you've loved have been heard by other people. And that girl that's pretty to you is pretty to other people. and that if you looked at these facts when you were happy, you would feel great because you are describing 'unity.
Stephen ChboskyCraig said the problem with things is that everyone is always comparing everyone with everyone
Stephen ChboskyAnd later that night to be with my family at dinnertime and have things just be like they always were. That was the amazing part. Things just keep going. We didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough.
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