We accept the love we think we deserve.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY It was the kind of kiss that made
me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and doesn't try to sleep with som...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY It's much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't sto...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. An...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain,...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY We didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough
STEPHEN CHBOSKY He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ...
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 And I thought about how many people have loved those songs. And how many people got through a lot of...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY 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 I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or ju...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY And all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the songs you've loved have be...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain got tired, so I decided to watch some telev...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY It’s like when you’re excited about a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel so h...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY 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 And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY And things were back to normal except we were just friends.
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 going t...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I feel like a big faker because I've been putting my life back together, and nobody knows.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don’t know if I will have the time to write any more letters, because I might be too busy trying...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Girls like guys to be a challenge. It gives them some mold to fit in how they act. Like a mom. What ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY It's much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't sto...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I hate you."
I love you."
You're a freak, you know that? Everyone says so. They always hav...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I wanted to laugh. Or maybe get mad. Or maybe shrug at how strange everyone was, especially me.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Sometimes, I look outside, and I think that a lot of other people have seen this snow before. Just l...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY More like the movie where the guy meets a smart girl who wears a lot of sweaters and drinks cocoa. T...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first tim...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Things change, friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY When you think back to your first kiss, your hair is perfect and she was wearing a cool outfit. We r...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY When I did a study of all the coming-of-age movies that meant a lot to me, whether it was 'The G...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY It’s strange how things can change back as suddenly as they changed originally. When one thing hap...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Well, I think that part of being young is not exactly knowing why you do some of the things that you...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY It's like when my doctor told me the story of these two brothers whose dad was a bad alcoholic. One ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Patrick actually used to be popular before Sam bought him some good music.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY What's your favorite book?
"The last one I read.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Standing on the fringes of life... offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what i...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY It's great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn't nee...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Sam and Patrick looked at me. And I looked at them. And I think they knew. Not anything specific rea...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY If you care about somebody, you should want them to be happy. Even if you wind up being left out.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY 'Harold and Maude' was a seminal movie for me because it's not only a beautiful love sto...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I alw...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY If you are in a movie theater, you can look two people down and they are laughing while you are laug...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don't want th...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY She also keeps talking about the Billie Holiday record she bought for me. And she says she wants to ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY And when she started becoming a “young lady,” and no one was allowed to look at her because she ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY My grandfather was crying. The kind of quiet that is quiet and a secret. The kind of crying that onl...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY That’s when I realized that I really loved you.”
She sat down on the floor with me. She sp...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I was looking at the photographs and I started thinking that there was a time when these weren't mem...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY And I wonder if anyone is really happy. I hope they are. I really hope they are.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I can't think again. Not ever again. I don't know if you've ever felt like that. That you wanted to ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense. To make this all go away. And disappear....
STEPHEN CHBOSKY It’s much easier not to know things sometimes.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I think it was the first time in my life I ever felt like I looked “good”. Do you know what I me...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I walked over to the hill where we used to go and sled. There were a lot of little kids there. I wat...
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 I want to make sure that the first person you kiss loves you, okay?
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Not everyone has a sob story, Charlie, and even if they do, it's no excuse.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY First, I am very interested and fascinated by how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Patrick said that the problem was that since everything has happened already, it makes it hard to br...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY “I think it was the first time in my life I ever felt like I looked “good”. Do you know what I...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And in that moment, I swear we w...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Si escuchas la canción Asleep, y piensas en esos días en los que hace un clima precioso que te hac...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another boo...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY The only perspective is to really be there.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY He said it was the kind of book you made your own.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Las cosas cambian. Y los amigos se van. Y la vida no se detiene para nadie.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY No hay nada como respirar hondo después de reírte tanto. Nada en el mundo como el dolor de estóma...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY So what's the point of using words nobody else knows or can say comfortably? I just don't understand...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't want to be just another thing mary elizabeth is in charge of
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Dear Friend,
I'm sorry I haven't written to you in a couple of weeks, but I have been trying t...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Then, I turned around and walked to my room and closed my door and put my head under my pillow and l...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Asleep by the Smiths
Vapour Trail by Ride
Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel
A...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I thought about him going into my mom's when she was little and hitting my mom and holding up her re...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I thought about him going into my mom's room when she as little and holding up her report card and s...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I am below average!
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Sam dropped me off. When she was too far away to see me, I started to cry again. Because she was my ...
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 Something really is wrong with me. And I don't know what it is.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I have decided that maybe I want to write when I grow up. I just don't know what I would write.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY All the books you’ve read have been read by other people. And all the songs you’ve loved have be...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY then Patrick started running after the sunset. And Sam immediately followed him. And I saw them in s...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Supongo que eres quien eres por un montón de razones y quizás nunca conozcamos muchas de ellas per...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY No more pencils/no more books/no more teachers’ dirty looks/when the teacher rings the bell/drop y...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY É só que eu não quero ser a paixonite de ninguém. Se alguém gosta de mim, eu quero que goste de...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY he herd that it was some kid's suicide note. I really hope it wasn't because then I don't know if I ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Tu vois, c'est pas comme dans les films, où les filles préfèrent les salauds ou les mecs dans ce ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I said I thought the magazine was trying to make him a hero, but then later somebody might dig u...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY É estranho como tudo pode voltar ao que era antes tão de repente quanto mudou originalmente. E qua...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY The movie itself was very interesting, but I didn’t think it was very good because I didn’t real...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I can see it. This one moment when you know you're not a sad story. You are alive. And in this momen...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Det är bara så att ibland blir funderande ett sätt att inte delta i livet.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I just want you to know that you're very special... and the only reason I'm telling you is that I do...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Creo que la idea es que cada hombre o mujer tiene que vivir su propia vida y luego decidir si la com...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Eu morreria por você. Mas não viveria por você.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I wasn't happy about Craig and Sam breaking up. Not at all. I never once thought that it would mean ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Знаю, я сам во всём виноват. Знаю, я заслужил это. Я бы от...
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 I couldn't believe Sam actually got me a present because i honestly thought the "I love you" was it.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY