Quotes By Author: stephen chbosky

“There’s nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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 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”

“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 couldn’t think of the next one. After cleaning my room three times, I decided to leave Ian alone for a while because I was starting to get mad at him.”

“I feel infinite.”

“I hate you.”I love you.”You’re a freak, you know that? Everyone says so. They always have.”I’m trying not to be.”

“And I thought that all those little kids are going to grow up someday. And all of those little kids are going to do the things that we do. And they will all kiss someone someday. But for now, sledding is enough. I think it would be great if sledding were always enough, but it isn’t.”

“I just hope I remember to tell my kids that they are as happy as I look in my old photographs. And I hope that they believe me.”

“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 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.”

“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be.”

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