I look at the field, and I think about the boy who just made the touchdown. I think that these are the glory days for that boy, and this moment will just be another story someday because all the people who make touchdowns and home runs will become somebody's dad. And when his children look at his yearbook photograph, they will think that their dad was rugged and handsome and looked a lot happier than they are. I just hope I remember to tell my kids that they are as happy as I look in my old photographs. And I hope that they believe me.
Stephen ChboskySo, tomorrow, Iโm leaving. And Iโm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. Iโm going to do what I want to do. Iโm going to be who I really am. And Iโm going to figure out what that is.
Stephen ChboskySo, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.
Stephen ChboskyCharlie, youโre one of the most gifted people Iโve ever known. And I donโt mean in terms of my other students. I mean in terms of anyone Iโve ever met.
Stephen ChboskyYou take girls, for example. They're copying their moms and magazines and everything to know how to act around guys. I mean it's not like in movies where girls like assholes or anything like that. It's not that easy. They just like somebody that can give them purpose.
Stephen ChboskyWhen you publish a book, you do so in part to end the silence. All censorship is silence. I would never, as an author, feel right requiring a young person whose family would object to the book to read it. Just as I would never force that person to read it, I would ask those folks to not force others not to read it. To me, that is just good manners.
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