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STEPHEN CHBOSKY [...] tenho de ouvir Mary Elizabeth falar sem parar de todas as coisas importantes que ela me mostra... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Когда он понял, что бабушка больше никогда не найдёт се... STEPHEN CHBOSKY A veces es mucho más fácil no saber las cosas y que tomar patatas fritas con tu madre sea suficien... STEPHEN CHBOSKY But mostly, I was crying because I was suddenly very aware of the fact that it was me standing up in... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Es que a veces la gente usa el pensamiento para no participar en la vida. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Я не думаю, что стоит придавать особое значение своему ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Y estaba realmente allí. Y eso fue suficiente para hacerme sentir infinito. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Tal vez sea bueno poner las cosas en perspectiva, pero a veces, creo que la única perspectiva es re... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Не уверен почему, но я всегда думал, что иметь «дни слав... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Bill said I was 'developing' at a rapid pace and gave me a different kind of book as a 'reward'. It'... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I asked Patrick if he felt sad that he had to keep it a secret, and Patrick just said that he wasn't... STEPHEN CHBOSKY just think it’s bad when a boy looks at a girl and thinks that the way he sees the girl is better ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Чтобы ты знал, я чувствую себя одновременно и весёлым, �... STEPHEN CHBOSKY E quando eu disse a ela que já os tinha lido, ela me fez umas perguntas muito longas, que na verdad... 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 My Aunt Helen was my favorite person in the whole world. She was my mom’s sister. She got straight... STEPHEN CHBOSKY He's my whole world." "Don't ever say that about anyone again. Not even me." That was my mom. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Non so se avrò tempo di scrivere altre lettere, perché forse sarò troppo impegnato a cercare a pa... STEPHEN CHBOSKY 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... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I read on the back cover that the author was born in Russia and came to America when she was young. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY No podemos elegir de dónde venimos, pero sí hacia dónde vamos STEPHEN CHBOSKY And she hugged me. And I closed my eyes because I wanted to know nothing but her arms. And she kisse... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones. Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas. Pero, ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY You see things, you keep quiet about them and you understand. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Dijo que a una chica como Mary Elizabeth no deberías decirle que está guapa. Deberías decirle lo ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I just think it's bad whena boy looks at a girl and thinks that the way he sees the girl is better t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The family watched It's a Wonderful Life, which is a very beautiful movie and all I could think was ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, that’s what I’m doing until I meet a friend here. I was hoping that the kid who told the tru... STEPHEN CHBOSKY It was a movie smile in slow motion, and then everything was okay. STEPHEN CHBOSKY She was a very unhappy person most of her life. She went to hospitals all the time. All kinds of hos... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I had an amazing feeling when i finally held the tape in my hand. I just thought to myself that in t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY It’s like when you are excited about a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel so ha... STEPHEN CHBOSKY But Mary Elizabeth felt different. She kept saying it was an "articulate" film. So "articulate." And... STEPHEN CHBOSKY You ever think Charlie, that our group is the same as any other group like a football team? And the ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY And how different her face looked the first time she really liked a boy who was not on a poster on h... STEPHEN CHBOSKY El problema es que todo el mundo siempre compara a todos con todos y que eso le quita mérito a la g... STEPHEN CHBOSKY What's the point of using words nobody knows or can say comfortably? STEPHEN CHBOSKY Next was Alice. I gave her a book by Anne Rice because she is always talking about her. And she look... STEPHEN CHBOSKY My sister said Mary Elizabeth is suffering from low self-esteem, but I told her that she said the sa... STEPHEN CHBOSKY was very fun to be around. She liked movies, and her brother Frank made her tapes of this great musi... STEPHEN CHBOSKY He's a wallflower." And Bob nodded his head. And the whole room nodded their head. And i started to ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I hate you." My sister said it different than she said it to my dad. She meant it with me.She ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Patrick started driving really fast, and just before we got to the tunnel. Sam stood up, and the win... STEPHEN CHBOSKY When I was done reading the poem, everyone was quiet. A very sad quiet. But the amazing thing was th... STEPHEN CHBOSKY It is important to say "sir" at these moments. And if they ever call you by your first-middle-last n... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The radio comes back even louder than you remember it. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I think they were afraid that some of us would try to kill ourselves or something because they looke... STEPHEN CHBOSKY It's okay to feel things. And be who you are about them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Things get worse before they get better, but this is a worse that feels too big. STEPHEN CHBOSKY on that piece of white paper, sam wrote, "write about me sometime." and i typed something back to he... STEPHEN CHBOSKY and let the quiet put things where they're supposed to be STEPHEN CHBOSKY Anyway, Patrick started driving really fast, and just before we got to the tunnel, Sam stood up, and... STEPHEN CHBOSKY And she says she wants to expose me to all these great things. And to tell you the truth, I don't re... STEPHEN CHBOSKY To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY in the last month or so, i have read the great gatsby and a separate peace. i am starting to see a r... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We are who we are for a lot of reasons STEPHEN CHBOSKY Quiero tanto a mi madre... No me importa si es cursi decirlo. Creo que en mi próximo cumpleaños vo... STEPHEN CHBOSKY And then Patrick started running after the sunset. And Sam immediately followed him. And I saw them ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY And she looked at me like she couldn't believe I knew she loved Anne Rice. I guess he didn't know ho... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I just wish that God or my parents or Sam or my sister or someone would just tell me what's wrong wi... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I started shoveling Bob's driveway, which is a strange thing to do at a New Years Eve Party STEPHEN CHBOSKY When we were all getting ready to leave, I walked up to my grandfather and gave him a hug and kiss o... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The sound of the radio fades to nothing because the waves just can't reach STEPHEN CHBOSKY I spent all night working on it, and I hope Patrick likes it as much as I do. Especially the second ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY