Quotes by Stephen Chbosky

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

“What's the point of using words nobody knows or can say comfortably?”

“I dont know if youve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that. I think wanting that is v...”

“Put my head under my pillow, and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be.”

“Things change, friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody.”

“I know that things get worse before they get better because that's what my psychiatrist says, but this is a worse that feels too big.”

“You know I blamed Craig for not letting me do things? You know how stupid I feel about that now? Maybe he didn't really encourage me to do things, but he didn't prevent me from doing them either. B...”

“And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have. Good and bad... Maybe it's good to put things in perspective, but sometimes, I think th...”

“Charlie ... have you ever kissed a girl?" I shook my head no. It was so quiet. "Not even when you were little?" I shook my head no again. And she looked very sad. She told me about the first time s...”

“Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight.”

“I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people. You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours a...”

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

“but my dad said it was no excuse."But I love him!" I had never seen my sister cry that much."No, you don't.""I hate you!""No, you don't." My dad can be very calm sometimes."He's my whole world.""Do...”

“A lot of parents make you feel very awkward when you meet them.”

“I just wish Mary Elizabeth would ask me questions other than What's up?”

“Maybe he didnt really encourage me to do things, but he didnt prevent me from doing them either. But after a while, I didnt do things because I didnt want him to think different about me. But the t...”

“Its like when youre 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 t...”

“I asked Patrick if he felt sad that he had to keep it a secret, and Patrick just said that he wasn't sad because at least now, Brad doesn't have to get drunk or stoned to make love.”

“Little kids talk about the strangest things. They really do.”

“And all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the songs you've loved have been heard by other people. And that girl that's pretty to you is pretty to other people. and that ...”