The recruiters came and talked with us in school, and I remember it like yesterday. I wasn't interested. I told them I wanted to do something good. I told them I wanted to help people. I told them I couldn't do it, told them I wasn't interested. But they told me that there was no better way to do good and help people. They told me they helped people all the time. Doing good was what they were about. Plus they were going to pay me. Where else could I get paid for helping people? Plus they would pay for my college. Plus, in addition to helping people, and paying me, and paying for my college, they would teach me a skill. I would be helping people, and seeing the world, and earning money, and having college paid for, and learning a skill that I could use later to earn money and help people. In the end, it was a pretty easy decision.
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STEPHEN CHBOSKY I feel so miserable without you; it’s almost like having you here. STEPHEN BISHOP A tragedy is a tragedy, and at the bottom, all tragedies are stupid. Give me a choice and I'll take ... STEPHEN KING And people who don’t dream, who don’t have any kind of imaginative life, they must… they must ... STEPHEN KING It’s like when you’re excited about a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel so h... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wo... STEPHEN HAWKING When you concentrate your energy purposely on the future possibility that you aspire to realize, you... STEPHEN RICHARDS The discontent and frustration that you feel is entirely your own creation. STEPHEN RICHARDS Writers remember everything...especially the hurts. Strip a writer to the buff, point to the scars, ... STEPHEN KING 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... STEPHEN CHBOSKY It is now my favourite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another bo... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Incidentally, I only have one cavity, and as much as my dentist asks me to, I just can't bring mysel... 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 I wish I knew. It might make me miss him more clearly. It might have made sad sense. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my fac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY He's a wallflower. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY It's nice to have things to look forward to. STEPHEN CHBOSKY