And 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 ChboskySo what's the point of using words nobody else knows or can say comfortably? I just don't understand that.
Stephen ChboskyI 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.
Stephen ChboskyI didn't know that other people thought things about me. I didn't know that they looked.
Stephen ChboskyI wish I knew. It might make me miss him more clearly. It might have made sad sense.
Stephen ChboskyIt’s strange how things can change back as suddenly as they changed originally. When one thing happens and suddenly, things are back to normal.
Stephen ChboskyIt's great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms or something like that? You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things.
Stephen Chbosky