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Girl Quotes by Stephen Chbosky

13 Girl quotes by Stephen Chbosky

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When Stephen Chbosky turns his eye to the experience of being a girl, he captures moments that feel both intimate and universal. Though the selection is modest, each line invites reflection on identity, growth, and the subtle power of everyday moments.

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The thing is some girls think they can actually change guys

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Girls are weird, and I don't mean that offensively. I just can't put it any other way.

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The girl that introduced The Smiths' song 'Asleep' to me was an important musical influence that I met in college. From there…

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I just think it's bad when a boy looks at a girl and thinks that the way he sees her is better…

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More like the movie where the guy meets a smart girl who wears a lot of sweaters and drinks cocoa. They talk…

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Girls like guys to be a challenge. It gives them some mold to fit in how they act. Like a mom. What…

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It’s like when you’re excited about a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel so happy for them.…

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And all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the songs you've loved have been heard by…

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The thing is, some girls think they can actually change guys. And what’s funny is that if they actually did change them,…

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You take girls, for example. They're copying their moms and magazines and everything to know how to act around guys. I mean…

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I look at people holdings hands in the hallways, and I try to think how it all works. At the school dances,…

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It's like he would take a photograph of Sam, and the photograph would be beautiful. And he would think that the reason…

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Personally, I like to think my brother is having a college experience like they do in the movies. I don't mean the…

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Sam dropped me off. When she was too far away to see me, I started to cry again. Because she was my friend again.…

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“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…

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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…

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I don’t want to start thinking again. Not like I have this last week. I can’t think again. Not ever again.

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“And then Patrick started running after the sunset. And Sam immediately followed him. And I saw them in silhouette. Running after the sun. Then,…

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That was always my hope that that is exactly what I would do. It was always part of the dream of this story -…

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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…

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“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.”

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When we were all getting ready to leave, I walked up to my grandfather and gave him a hug and kiss on the cheek.…

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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…

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Five minutes of a lifetime were truly spent, and we felt young in a good way.

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

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“So, this is my life. And I want you to know I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out…

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If you care about somebody, you should want them to be happy. Even if you wind up being left out.

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I wasn't raised very religiously because my parents went to Catholic school, but I do believe in God very much. I just never gave…

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