Stephen Chbosky quote: "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. Maybe that is what makes people "participate."

We accept the love we think we deserve.
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Sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.
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It was the kind of kiss that made
me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.
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I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and doesn't try to sleep with som...
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I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that ...
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Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.
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I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they...
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I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.
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It's much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't sto...
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please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. An...
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And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain,...
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We didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough
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He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.
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She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ...
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Enjoy it. Because it's happening.
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This moment will just be another story someday.
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It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.
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It's just that I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the re...
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I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each othe...
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Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines
he wrote a poem
And he called it "Chops"...
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So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even...
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I would die for you. But I won't live for you.
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Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.
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And I thought about how many people have loved those songs. And how many people got through a lot of...
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And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.
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I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in ...
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There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach...
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Put my head under my pillow, and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be.
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I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or ju...
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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 be...
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On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain got tired, so I decided to watch some telev...
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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 h...
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So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to fig...
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It is now my favourite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another bo...
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Incidentally, I only have one cavity, and as much as my dentist asks me to, I just can't bring mysel...
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I hate you.'
My sister said it different than she said it to my dad. She meant it with me. She ...
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I wish I knew. It might make me miss him more clearly. It might have made sad sense.
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I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my fac...
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He's a wallflower.
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I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve...
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It's nice to have things to look forward to.
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And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what ...
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And things were back to normal except we were just friends.
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I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t...
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We Are All Infinite
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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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I don’t know if I will have the time to write any more letters, because I might be too busy trying...
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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 much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't sto...
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I hate you."
I love you."
You're a freak, you know that? Everyone says so. They always hav...
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I wanted to laugh. Or maybe get mad. Or maybe shrug at how strange everyone was, especially me.
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Sometimes, I look outside, and I think that a lot of other people have seen this snow before. Just l...
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More like the movie where the guy meets a smart girl who wears a lot of sweaters and drinks cocoa. T...
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I don't even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first tim...
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Things change, friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody.
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When you think back to your first kiss, your hair is perfect and she was wearing a cool outfit. We r...
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When I did a study of all the coming-of-age movies that meant a lot to me, whether it was 'The G...
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It’s strange how things can change back as suddenly as they changed originally. When one thing hap...
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Well, I think that part of being young is not exactly knowing why you do some of the things that you...
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It's like when my doctor told me the story of these two brothers whose dad was a bad alcoholic. One ...
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Patrick actually used to be popular before Sam bought him some good music.
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What's your favorite book?
"The last one I read.
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Standing on the fringes of life... offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what i...
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It's great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn't nee...
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Sam and Patrick looked at me. And I looked at them. And I think they knew. Not anything specific rea...
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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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'Harold and Maude' was a seminal movie for me because it's not only a beautiful love sto...
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I have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I alw...
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If you are in a movie theater, you can look two people down and they are laughing while you are laug...
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If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don't want th...
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She also keeps talking about the Billie Holiday record she bought for me. And she says she wants to ...
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You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ...
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And when she started becoming a “young lady,” and no one was allowed to look at her because she ...
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My grandfather was crying. The kind of quiet that is quiet and a secret. The kind of crying that onl...
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That’s when I realized that I really loved you.”
She sat down on the floor with me. She sp...
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I was looking at the photographs and I started thinking that there was a time when these weren't mem...
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And I wonder if anyone is really happy. I hope they are. I really hope they are.
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I can't think again. Not ever again. I don't know if you've ever felt like that. That you wanted to ...
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Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense. To make this all go away. And disappear....
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It’s much easier not to know things sometimes.
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I think it was the first time in my life I ever felt like I looked “good”. Do you know what I me...
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I walked over to the hill where we used to go and sled. There were a lot of little kids there. I wat...
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I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in ...
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I want to make sure that the first person you kiss loves you, okay?
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Not everyone has a sob story, Charlie, and even if they do, it's no excuse.
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First, I am very interested and fascinated by how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes...
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Patrick said that the problem was that since everything has happened already, it makes it hard to br...
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“I think it was the first time in my life I ever felt like I looked “good”. Do you know what I...
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Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And in that moment, I swear we w...
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Si escuchas la canción Asleep, y piensas en esos días en los que hace un clima precioso que te hac...
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I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ...
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It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another boo...
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Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun...
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Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté.
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The only perspective is to really be there.
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I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco...
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So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them.
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He said it was the kind of book you made your own.
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Las cosas cambian. Y los amigos se van. Y la vida no se detiene para nadie.
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So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them.
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No hay nada como respirar hondo después de reírte tanto. Nada en el mundo como el dolor de estóma...
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no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop...
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I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial ...
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I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting.
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Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad.
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So what's the point of using words nobody else knows or can say comfortably? I just don't understand...
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I don't want to be just another thing mary elizabeth is in charge of
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Dear Friend,
I'm sorry I haven't written to you in a couple of weeks, but I have been trying t...
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Then, I turned around and walked to my room and closed my door and put my head under my pillow and l...
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If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.
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Asleep by the Smiths
Vapour Trail by Ride
Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel
A...
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I thought about him going into my mom's when she was little and hitting my mom and holding up her re...
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I thought about him going into my mom's room when she as little and holding up her report card and s...
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I am below average!
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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 ...
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I just wish that God or my parents or Sam or my sister or someone would just tell me what's wrong wi...
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Something really is wrong with me. And I don't know what it is.
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I have decided that maybe I want to write when I grow up. I just don't know what I would write.
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All the books you’ve read have been read by other people. And all the songs you’ve loved have be...
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then Patrick started running after the sunset. And Sam immediately followed him. And I saw them in s...
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Supongo que eres quien eres por un montón de razones y quizás nunca conozcamos muchas de ellas per...
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No more pencils/no more books/no more teachers’ dirty looks/when the teacher rings the bell/drop y...
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É só que eu não quero ser a paixonite de ninguém. Se alguém gosta de mim, eu quero que goste de...
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he herd that it was some kid's suicide note. I really hope it wasn't because then I don't know if I ...
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Tu vois, c'est pas comme dans les films, où les filles préfèrent les salauds ou les mecs dans ce ...
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So, I said I thought the magazine was trying to make him a hero, but then later somebody might dig u...
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É estranho como tudo pode voltar ao que era antes tão de repente quanto mudou originalmente. E qua...
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The movie itself was very interesting, but I didn’t think it was very good because I didn’t real...
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I can see it. This one moment when you know you're not a sad story. You are alive. And in this momen...
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Det är bara så att ibland blir funderande ett sätt att inte delta i livet.
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So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to...
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I just want you to know that you're very special... and the only reason I'm telling you is that I do...
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Creo que la idea es que cada hombre o mujer tiene que vivir su propia vida y luego decidir si la com...
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Eu morreria por você. Mas não viveria por você.
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I wasn't happy about Craig and Sam breaking up. Not at all. I never once thought that it would mean ...
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Знаю, я сам во всём виноват. Знаю, я заслужил это. Я бы от...
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[...] tenho de ouvir Mary Elizabeth falar sem parar de todas as coisas importantes que ela me mostra...
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Когда он понял, что бабушка больше никогда не найдёт се...
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A veces es mucho más fácil no saber las cosas y que tomar patatas fritas con tu madre sea suficien...
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But mostly, I was crying because I was suddenly very aware of the fact that it was me standing up in...
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Es que a veces la gente usa el pensamiento para no participar en la vida.
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Я не думаю, что стоит придавать особое значение своему ...
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Y estaba realmente allí. Y eso fue suficiente para hacerme sentir infinito.
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Tal vez sea bueno poner las cosas en perspectiva, pero a veces, creo que la única perspectiva es re...
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Не уверен почему, но я всегда думал, что иметь «дни слав...
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Bill said I was 'developing' at a rapid pace and gave me a different kind of book as a 'reward'. It'...
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I asked Patrick if he felt sad that he had to keep it a secret, and Patrick just said that he wasn't...
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just think it’s bad when a boy looks at a girl and thinks that the way he sees the girl is better ...
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Чтобы ты знал, я чувствую себя одновременно и весёлым, �...
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E quando eu disse a ela que já os tinha lido, ela me fez umas perguntas muito longas, que na verdad...
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So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even...
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My Aunt Helen was my favorite person in the whole world. She was my mom’s sister. She got straight...
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He's my whole world."
"Don't ever say that about anyone again. Not even me." That was my mom.
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Non so se avrò tempo di scrivere altre lettere, perché forse sarò troppo impegnato a cercare a pa...
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I love my mom so much. I don’t care if that’s corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I’m g...
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I read on the back cover that the author was born in Russia and came to America when she was young. ...
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No podemos elegir de dónde venimos, pero sí hacia dónde vamos
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And she hugged me. And I closed my eyes because I wanted to know nothing but her arms. And she kisse...
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Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones. Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas. Pero, ...
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You see things, you keep quiet about them and you understand.
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Dijo que a una chica como Mary Elizabeth no deberías decirle que está guapa. Deberías decirle lo ...
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I just think it's bad whena boy looks at a girl and thinks that the way he sees the girl is better t...
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The family watched It's a Wonderful Life, which is a very beautiful movie and all I could think was ...
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So, that’s what I’m doing until I meet a friend here. I was hoping that the kid who told the tru...
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It was a movie smile in slow motion, and then everything was okay.
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She was a very unhappy person most of her life. She went to hospitals all the time. All kinds of hos...
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I had an amazing feeling when i finally held the tape in my hand. I just thought to myself that in t...
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It’s like when you are excited about a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel so ha...
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But Mary Elizabeth felt different. She kept saying it was an "articulate" film. So "articulate." And...
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You ever think Charlie, that our group is the same as any other group like a football team? And the ...
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And how different her face looked the first time she really liked a boy who was not on a poster on h...
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El problema es que todo el mundo siempre compara a todos con todos y que eso le quita mérito a la g...
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What's the point of using words nobody knows or can say comfortably?
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Next was Alice. I gave her a book by Anne Rice because she is always talking about her. And she look...
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My sister said Mary Elizabeth is suffering from low self-esteem, but I told her that she said the sa...
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was very fun to be around. She liked movies, and her brother Frank made her tapes of this great musi...
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He's a wallflower." And Bob nodded his head. And the whole room nodded their head. And i started to ...
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I hate you."
My sister said it different than she said it to my dad. She meant it with me.She ...
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Patrick started driving really fast, and just before we got to the tunnel. Sam stood up, and the win...
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When I was done reading the poem, everyone was quiet. A very sad quiet. But the amazing thing was th...
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It is important to say "sir" at these moments. And if they ever call you by your first-middle-last n...
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The radio comes back even louder than you remember it.
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I think they were afraid that some of us would try to kill ourselves or something because they looke...
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It's okay to feel things. And be who you are about them.
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Things get worse before they get better, but this is a worse that feels too big.
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on that piece of white paper, sam wrote, "write about me sometime." and i typed something back to he...
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and let the quiet put things where they're supposed to be
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Anyway, Patrick started driving really fast, and just before we got to the tunnel, Sam stood up, and...
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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 re...
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To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting.
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in the last month or so, i have read the great gatsby and a separate peace. i am starting to see a r...
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We are who we are for a lot of reasons
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Quiero tanto a mi madre... No me importa si es cursi decirlo. Creo que en mi próximo cumpleaños vo...
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And then Patrick started running after the sunset. And Sam immediately followed him. And I saw them ...
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And she looked at me like she couldn't believe I knew she loved Anne Rice. I guess he didn't know ho...
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I just wish that God or my parents or Sam or my sister or someone would just tell me what's wrong wi...
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So I started shoveling Bob's driveway, which is a strange thing to do at a New Years Eve Party
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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 o...
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The sound of the radio fades to nothing because the waves just can't reach
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I spent all night working on it, and I hope Patrick likes it as much as I do. Especially the second ...
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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. Maybe that is what makes people "participate.

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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. Maybe that is what makes people "participate.

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