Quotes by Stephen Chbosky

“I sat down and tried to write a story."Ian MacArthur is a wonderful sweet fellow who wears glasses and peers out of them with delight."That was the first sentence. The problem was that I just could...”

“Sam and Patrick looked at me. And I looked at them. And I think they knew. Not anything specific really. They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.”

“If you care about somebody, you should want them to be happy. Even if you wind up being left out.”

“And I thought about how many people have loved those songs. And how many people got through a lot of bad times because of those songs. And how many people enjoyed good times with those songs. And h...”

“Asleep by the SmithsVapour Trail by RideScarborough Fair by Simon & GarfunkelA Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol HarumDear Prudence by the BeatlesGypsy by Suzanne VegaNights in White Satin by the Mood...”

“And then he says something like this ... "I would die for you. But I won't live for you." Something like that. I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and then mak...”

“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”

“To tell you the truth, I've just been avoiding everything. I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they're here. If they like their jobs. Or ...”

“As you see the opening get closer, you just can't get fast enough. And finally, just when you think you'll never get there, you see the opening right in front of you.”

“I'm not saying she was lying to me, but she just acted so different before I got to know her, and if she really isn't like what she was at the beginning, I wish she could have just said so.”

“If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.”

“But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things.”

“Why do I and everyone I love pick people who treat us like we're nothing"; - "We accept the love we think we deserve,”

“Everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other”

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

“Incidentally, I only have one cavity, and as much as my dentist asks me to, I just can't bring myself to floss.”

“The family watched It's a Wonderful Life, which is a very beautiful movie and all I could think was why didn't they make a movie about uncle Billy?...Because he was a drunk and fat and lost all tha...”

“I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand and didn't try to sleep with that person at that party even though you could have. I just need to know that someone out there listens ...”

“The two families really don't like each other, except for all us younger cousins because we don't know any better.”

“So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We...”