Stephen Chbosky Quotes
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The perfect song on the perfect drive to make you feel infinite.
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I couldn't believe Sam actually got me a present because i honestly thought the "I love you" was it.
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I've never understood the need people have to dictate morality to other people. I really don't know what it is. I don't know if it's fear or the belief that they know the only right way. Or maybe they see a lot of social ills and social decline, and they really think they have the elixir for it.
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Those writers that have zero say in their movie adaptations have zero say because they sell it. If you don't sell it, and you do it yourself, and you wait until the screenplay is ready, you don't have to worry about that.
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The thing is, some girls think they can actually change guys. And what’s funny is that if they actually did change them, they’d get bored. They’d have no challenge left. You just have to give girls some time to think of a new way of doing things, that’s all. Some of them will figure it out here. Some later. Some never. I wouldn’t worry about it too much.
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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 guess when you see somebody in the hallway or on the field or something, it's nice to know that they are a real person.
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They are all my favourites. All of them.
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Everyone else is either asleep or having sex. I’ve been watching cable television and eating jello.
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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 do what I want to do. I’m going to be who I really am. And I’m going to figure out what that is.
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So what's the point of using words nobody else knows or can say comfortably? I just don't understand that.
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Writing screenplays is incredibly hard. I can't call it joy. Writing Novels? Joy. Directing? Joy. Writing Screenplays? That's where you pay all your dues.
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I don't know if it's better to be close with your daughter or make sure that she has a better life than you do.
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Except that my father got a raise, and my mother didn't because she doesn't get paid for housework, and my sister stopped reading those self-esteem books because she met a new boy
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Have you ever done that? You feel really bad, and then it goes away, and you don’t know why.
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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 real trend in the kind of books bill gives me to read. and just like the tape of songs, it is amazing to hold each of them in the palm of my hand. they are all my favorites. all of them.
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I just hope I remember to tell my kids that they are as happy as I look in my old photographs. And I hope that they believe me.
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I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.
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Not everyone has a sob story, Charlie, and even if they do, it's no excuse.
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I'm only being cute here. I don't really mean it. I just wanted to make you smile.
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Even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.
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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 on the cheek. He wiped my lip print off with his palm and gave me a look. He doesn't like the boys in the family to touch him. But I'm very glad that I did it anyway in case he dies. I never got to do that with my Aunt Helen.
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I wasn't raised very religiously because my parents went to Catholic school, but I do believe in God very much. I just never gave God a name, if you know what I mean. I hope I haven't let Him down regardless.
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Bridget who is crazy said that sometimes she thought about suicide when commercials come on during TV. She was sincere and this puzzled the guidance counselors.
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The inside jokes weren't jokes anymore. they had become stories
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I have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book.
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It’s much easier not to know things sometimes.
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As you see the opening get closer, you just can't get fast enough. And finally, just when you think you'll never get there, you see the opening right in front of you.
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You should tell her how nice her outfit is because her outfit is her choice whereas her face isn't.
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For me personally, as much as I don't understand my mom and dad and as much as I feel sorry for them sometimes, I can't help but love them very much.
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