Quotes by Stephen Chbosky

“It's sweet and everything, but it's like you're not even there sometimes. It's great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if t...”

“And when she started becoming a young lady, and no one was allowed to look at her because she thought she was fat. And how she really wasnt fat. And how she was actually very pretty. And how differ...”

“It was the look on her face when she said it. And how much she meant it. It suddenly made everything seem like it really was. I felt terrible. Just terrible.”

“The fights are always the same”

“I feel great! I really mean it. I have to remember this for the next time Im having a terrible week. Have you ever done that? You feel really bad, and then it goes away, and you dont know why. I tr...”

“My Aunt Helen was my favorite person in the whole world. She was my moms sister. She got straight As when she was a teenager and she used to give me books to read. My father said that the books wer...”

“It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book. Also, when I write letters, I spend the next two days thinking about what I figured out in my letters.”

“You see things You keep quiet about them. You understand.”

“I dont want to be somebodys crush, if somebody likes me, i want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.”

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

“I don't want to be just another thing mary elizabeth is in charge of”

“I hate you.'My sister said it different than she said it to my dad. She meant it with me. She really did.'I love you,' was all I could say in return.”

“Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines he wrote a poemAnd he called it "Chops" because that was the name of his dogAnd that's what it was all aboutAnd his teacher gave him an A and a gold...”

“I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”

“It's much easier not to know things sometimes.”

“I just wish that God or my parents or Sam or my sister or someone would just tell me what's wrong with me. Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.”

“She also keeps talking about the Billie Holiday record she bought for me. And she says she wants to expose me to all these great things. And to tell you the truth, I don't really want to be exposed...”

“And she says she wants to expose me to all these great things. And to tell you the truth, I don't really want to be exposed to all these great things if it means that I'll have to hear Mary Elizabe...”

“I know I should have been grateful because it was a very nice thing to do. But I wasn't grateful. I wasn't grateful at all. Don't get me wrong. I acted like I was. But I wasn't. To tell you the tru...”

“I thought if I didnt take a break, I would do something even worse. Like yell or hang up the phone.”