Stephen Chbosky Quotes - Page 2

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.

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

On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain got tired, so I decided to watch some television instead.

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.

Why do I and everyone I love pick people who treat us like we're nothing"; - "We accept the love we think we deserve,

The fights are always the same

Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight.

Patrick actually used to be popular before Sam bought him some good music.

Incidentally, I only have one cavity, and as much as my dentist asks me to, I just can't bring myself to floss.

He said it was the kind of book you made your own.

Everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other

The family watched It's a Wonderful Life, which is a very beautiful movie and all I could think was why didn't they make a movie about uncle Billy?...Because he was a drunk and fat and lost all that money in the first place. I wanted an angel to come down and show us how uncle Billy's life had meaning

The two families really don't like each other, except for all us younger cousins because we don't know any better.

If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.

Next was Alice. I gave her a book by Anne Rice because she is always talking about her. And she looked at me like she couldn't believe I knew she loved Anne Rice. I guess she didn't know how much she talked or how much I listen.

Sam and Patrick looked at me. And I looked at them. And I think they knew. Not anything specific really. They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.

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

And then he says something like this ... "I would die for you. But I won't live for you." Something like that. I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people.

And I think they knew. Not anything specific really. They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.

I don't remember where we were walking to or where we were walking from. I don't even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere.