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STEPHEN CHBOSKY Enjoy it. Because it's happening. STEPHEN CHBOSKY This moment will just be another story someday. STEPHEN CHBOSKY It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book. STEPHEN CHBOSKY It's just that I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the re... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each othe... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines he wrote a poem And he called it "Chops"... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I would die for you. But I won't live for you. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I think computer viruses should count as life ... I think it says something about human nature that ... STEPHEN HAWKING Advertising - A judicious mixture of flattery and threats. STEPHEN LEACOCK And I thought about how many people have loved those songs. And how many people got through a lot of... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Language is my whore, my mistress, my wife, my pen-friend, my check-out girl. Language is a complime... STEPHEN FRY It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame ... STEPHEN FRY Books are a uniquely portable magic. STEPHEN KING One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives... STEPHEN HAWKING And in that moment, I swear we were infinite. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Put my head under my pillow, and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be. STEPHEN CHBOSKY It was the kiss by which all the others of his life would be judged and found wanting. STEPHEN KING If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that... STEPHEN COLBERT Nobody knows you as well as our spouse. And that means no one will be quicker to recognize a change ... STEPHEN KENDRICK Almost every sinful action ever committed can be traced back to a selfish motive. It is a trait we h... STEPHEN KENDRICK I think Eros should be dirty. In Greek legend, as I'm sure you are aware, he fell in love with the m... STEPHEN FRY When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and ye... STEPHEN KING Time takes it all whether you want it to or not, time takes it all. Time bares it away, and in the e... STEPHEN KING The most valuable gift you can receive is an honest friend. STEPHEN RICHARDS I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or ju... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something. It is the... STEPHEN COVEY Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that... STEPHEN KING And all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the songs you've loved have be... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We humans are naturally disposed to worship gods and heroes, to build our pantheons and valhallas. I... STEPHEN FRY The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognized. It ... STEPHEN HAWKING Hearts can break. Yes, hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they d... STEPHEN KING Even a broken clock is right twice a day. STEPHEN HUNT The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down. STEPHEN RICHARDS