Stephen Chbosky Quotes (135 Quotes)

I want to make sure that the first person you kiss loves you, okay?

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.

My dad said I did the right thing. I hope I did, but it's hard to tell sometimes.

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

They are all my favourites. All of them.

I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.

I wanted to laugh. Or maybe get mad. Or maybe shrug at how strange everyone was, especially me.

It's just that I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don't want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it too.

My sister was the one who told me where babies come from. My sister was also the one who laughed when I immediately asked her where babies go to.

Standing on the fringes of life... offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor.

Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.

I don't want to start thinking again. Not like I have this last week. I can't think again. Not ever again.

I was in my bed trying to figure out why sometimes you can wake up and go back to sleep and other times you can't

It's like when you're excited about a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel so happy for them. And other times you see the same couple, and they make you so mad. And all you want is to feel happy for them because you know that if you do, then it means you're happy, too.

Not everyone has a sob story, Charlie, and even if they do, it's no excuse.

The fact that one of these ladies was my mom made me particularly sad because my mom is beautiful. And she's always on a diet. Sometimes, my dad calls her beautiful, but she cannot hear him.

This moment will just be another story someday.

I feel like a big faker because I've been putting my life back together, and nobody knows.

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.

It's much easier not to know things sometimes.

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

The fights are always the same

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 guess when you see somebody in the hallway or on the field or something, it's nice to know that they are a real person.

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

It's strange how things can change back as suddenly as they changed originally. When one thing happens and suddenly, things are back to normal.

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

The gift from my Secret Santa wasn't anything special. That makes me sad. I bet you anything that Mary Elizabeth is my Secret Santa because only she would give me socks.

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

I have decided that maybe I want to write when I grow up. I just don't know what I would write.

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

It's strange the times people choose to be generous.

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

The kid gets gifts from everybody, and he buys one present for his mom since she was there , too. I think that would be nice.

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.

I have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book.

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

It's strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that's kind of how it felt.

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

The movie itself was very interesting, but I didn't think it was very good because I didn't really feel different when it was over.

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

I just don't want you to worry about me, or think you've met me, or waste your time anymore.

I wonder what my speech would be.

Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.

Patrick started running after the sunset. And Sam immediately followed him. And I saw them in silhouette. Running after the sun.

The nerds and the squids were one.

What about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms?

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.

I would die for you. But I won't live for you.

Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder.