Stephen Chbosky Quotes (135 Quotes)

I just want you to know that you're very special… and the only reason I'm telling you is that I don't know if anyone else ever has.

Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder.

The outside lights were on, and it was snowing, and it looked like magic. Like we were somewhere else. Like we were someplace better.

I was in the shopping mall because that's where I go lately. For the last couple of weeks, I've been going there every day, trying to figure out why people go there. It's kind of a personal project.

Old pictures look very rugged and young, and the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are.

This one kid Mark at the party that gave me this came out of nowhere looked at the sky and told me to see the stars. So, I looked up, and we were in this giant dome like a glass snowball, and Mark said that the amazing white stars were really only holes in the black glass of the dome, and when you went to heaven, the glass broke away, and there was nothing of a whole sheet of star white, which is brighter than anyhting but doensn't hurt your eyes.

I'm so sorry that I wasted your time because you really do mean a lot to me and I hope you have a very nice life because I really think you deserve it. I really do. I hope you do, too. Okay, then. Goodbye.

Some kids look at me strange in the hallways because I don't decorate my locker,...

I love my mom. And this time, I told her I loved her. And she told me she loved me, too. And things were okay for a little while.

Masturbation is when you rub your genitals until you have an orgasm. Wow!

The radio comes back even louder than you remember it.

I was looking at the photographs and I started thinking that there was a time when these weren't memories.

On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain got tired, so I decided to watch some television instead.

To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting.

I'm trying not to think about it too much because that makes it worse. It's kind of like when you look at yourself in the mirror and you say your name. And it gets to a point where none of it seems real. I can do that, but I don't need an hour in front of a mirror. It happens very fast, and things start to slip away.

Sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.

I love Twinkies, and the reason I am saying that is because we are all supposed to think of reasons to live.

Maybe he didn't really encourage me to do things, but he didn't prevent me from doing them either. But after a while, I didn't do things because I didn't want him to think different about me. But the thing is, I wasn't being honest. So, why would I care whether or not he loved me when he didn't really even know me?

The sound of the radio fades to nothing because the waves just can't reach

I wish I could stop being in love with Sam. I really do.

Patrick actually used to be popular before Sam bought him some good music.

To tell you the truth I love Sam. It's not a movie kind of love either. I just look at her sometimes and I think she is the prettiest and nicest person in the whole world.

It was the kind of kiss I could never tell my friends about out loud. It was the kind of kiss that made me know I was never so happy in my whole life.

Sometimes, I think Bill forgets that I am sixteen. But I am very happy that he does.

I really do love my sister. Especially when she's nice.

Maybe it's sad that these are now memories. And maybe it's not sad.

The thing is, some girls think they can actually change guys. And what's funny is that if they actually did change them, they'd get bored. They'd have no challenge left. You just have to give girls some time to think of a new way of doing things, that's all. Some of them will figure it out here. Some later. Some never. I wouldn't worry about it too much.

I wonder what it will be like when I leave this place.

Patrick said that the problem was that since everything has happened already, it makes it hard to break new ground.

To tell you the truth, I've just been avoiding everything.