Most of the people I know who were raised to be accommodating or were raised to just be nice and put everybody's… — 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… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And in that moment, I swear we were infinite. — Stephen Chbosky 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 Copy Share Image
After a few minutes, it was time for me to leave. I don't know who decides these things. It just happens. — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“It was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just takes time.” — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I was looking at the photographs and I started thinking that there was a time when these weren't memories. — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
people who try to control situations all the time are afraid that if they don't, nothing will work out the way they… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“Every time I see this one particular movie star on a magazine, I can't help but feel terribly sorry for her because… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“It was hard to listen to her all the time without getting to say anything back” — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“This is not a time for heroes because nobody will let that happen” — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“This is happening, I am here and I am looking at her. And she is so beautiful. I can see it. This… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“And we were talking about things that seemed important at the time. And we were looking up that hill. And then Patrick… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“I drove home listening to some of the songs we listened to those times when we were infinite.” — 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
Standing on the fringes of life... offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from… — 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
I can see it. This one moment when you know you’re not a sad story. You’re alive. And you stand up and… — Stephen Chbosky 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 Copy Share Image
“I put the book down and went to the window. I stared at my reflection and the trees behind it for a… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.à — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I just don't want you to worry about me, or think you've met me, or waste your time anymore. — 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
