“I was looking at this tree but it was a dragon and then a tree,” — Stephen Chbosky Dragon Copy Share Image
“Being punished for something you did not do. Or being an innocent victim. It’s just something that I never want to experience.” — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I hate you." I love you." You're a freak, you know that? Everyone says so. They always have." I'm trying not to… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“I think its bad when the most honest way a boy can look at a girl is through a camera.” — Stephen Chbosky Honest Copy Share Image
“I really want to be a writer but I don't know what to write about" "You could write about us” — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“I was hoping that the kid who told the truth could become a friend of mine, but I think he was just… — Stephen Chbosky Friendship Copy Share Image
He realized that if he didn't leave, it would never be his life. It would be theirs. — Stephen Chbosky Life Copy Share Image
“he herd that it was some kid's suicide note. I really hope it wasn't because then I don't know if I like… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“he was "resting his eyes," which means he was sleeping but didn't want me to change the channel.” — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“I told him about the boy [...] hitting my sister [...] He got this very serious look on his face after I… — Stephen Chbosky Love Copy Share Image
“He got this very serious look on his face after I told him, and he said something to me I don't think… — Stephen Chbosky Love Copy Share Image
Despite everything my mom and doctor and dad have said to me about blame, I can't stop thinking what I know. And… — Stephen Chbosky Alive Copy Share Image
“So, if this does end up being my last letter, please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“Sam tapped her hand on the steering wheel. Patrick held his hand outside the car and made air waves. And I just… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“It’s like looking at all the students and wondering who’s had their heart broken that day, and how they are able to… — Stephen Chbosky Books Copy Share Image
in the last month or so, i have read the great gatsby and a separate peace. i am starting to see a… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I know that I brought this all on myself. I know that I deserve this. I'd do anything not to be this… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“I just wish that God or my parents or Sam or my sister or someone would just tell me what's wrong with… — Stephen Chbosky Parenting Copy Share Image
It's great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What… — Stephen Chbosky Aging Copy Share Image
“Anyway, they have this discussion, and the kid is an idealist in a temporary way. He talks about his "restless generation" and… — Stephen Chbosky Parents and grandparents Copy Share Image
I used to listen to it all the time when I was little and thinking about grown-up things. I would go to… — Stephen Chbosky Beautiful Copy Share Image
She said that by introducing me to all these great things, Mary Elizabeth gained a “superior position” that she wouldn’t need if… — Stephen Chbosky Confident Copy Share Image
But in that moment when my brother took the field, all that washed away, and everyone was proud... I looked up at… — Stephen Chbosky Brother Copy Share Image
“It's much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody. I wanted to… — Stephen Chbosky Friendship Copy Share Image
“I wish I could report that it's getting better, but unfortunately it isn't. It's hard, too, because we've started school again, and… — Stephen Chbosky Getting better Copy Share Image
“Pero incluso si no tenemos el poder de elegir de donde venimos, todavía podemos elegir a donde vamos.” — Stephen Chbosky Amor Copy Share Image
Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind… — Stephen Chbosky Banned books Copy Share Image
“But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from we can still choose where we go from… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“Things get worse before they get better, but this is a worse that feels too big.” — Stephen Chbosky Healing Copy Share Image
“Aunque no podamos cambiar de donde venimos, tenemos el poder de elegir a dónde vamos.” — Stephen Chbosky Amor Copy Share Image
“So, why would I care whether or not he loved me when he didn't really even know me?” — Stephen Chbosky Care Copy Share Image
“If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.” — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
So I started shoveling Bob's driveway, which is a strange thing to do at a New Years Eve Party — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“It's much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody.” — Stephen Chbosky Change Copy Share Image