“Charlie ... have you ever kissed a girl?" I shook my head no. It was so quiet. "Not even when you were… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
And when she started becoming a “young lady,” and no one was allowed to look at her because she thought she was… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“My sister was counting on me, and this was the first time anyone ever counted on me for anything.” — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“But the thing is that I can hear Sam and Craig having sex, and for the first time in my life, I… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“As you enter the tunnel, the wind gets sucked away, and you squint from the lights overhead. When you adjust the lights,… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“She took me to her room and stood me in front of her dresser, which was covered in a pillowcase with pretty… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“For the first time in my life, I understood the end of that poem. And I never wanted to. You have to… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
and for the first time in my life I understand the end of that poem. And I never wanted to. You have… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“There's something about that tunnel that leads to downtown. It's glorious at night. Just glorious. You start on one side of the… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“I don't remember where we were walking to or where we were walking from. I don't even remember the season. I just… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“It’s like my very first memory, which I guess is the first time I was aware that I was alive.” — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I think it was the first time in my life I ever felt like I looked “good”. Do you know what I… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“That nice feeling when you look in the mirror, and your hair's right for the first time in your life? I don;t… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“That's when I started thinking about my sister. I thought about the time when she and her friends painted my fingernails, and… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
And how different her face looked the first time she really liked a boy who was not on a poster on her… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I don't even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere. — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I remembered this one time that I never told anybody about. The time we were walking. Just the three of us. I… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
Sam dropped me off. When she was too far away to see me, I started to cry again. Because she was my friend again.… — Stephen Chbosky 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 if they… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
Most of the people I know who were raised to be accommodating or were raised to just be nice and put everybody's needs ahead… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I don’t want to start thinking again. Not like I have this last week. I can’t think again. Not ever again. — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“And then Patrick started running after the sunset. And Sam immediately followed him. And I saw them in silhouette. Running after the sun. Then,… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
That was always my hope that that is exactly what I would do. It was always part of the dream of this story -… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
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… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry I bothered you, Susan. I'm just having a tough time. That's all. Have a good one," I said and walked away.” — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
When we were all getting ready to leave, I walked up to my grandfather and gave him a hug and kiss on the cheek.… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
It's like he would take a photograph of Sam, and the photograph would be beautiful. And he would think that the reason the photograph… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
Five minutes of a lifetime were truly spent, and we felt young in a good way. — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I feel like a big faker because I've been putting my life back together, and nobody knows. — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
