Stephen Chbosky quotes - page 6

We can't choose where we come from, but we can choose where we go from there. (Stephen Chbosky)
I really do love my sister. Especially when she's nice. View quote
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Standing on the fringes of life... offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor. View quote
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It's just hard to see a friend hurt this much. Especially when you can't do anything except 'be there.' I just want to make him stop hurting, but I can't. So I just follow him around whenever he wants to show me his world. View quote
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I was looking at the photographs and I started thinking that there was a time when these weren't memories. View quote
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So, if this does end up being my last letter, please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And I will believe the same about you. View quote
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I'm only being cute here. I don't really mean it. I just wanted to make you smile. View quote
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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 do. And it's by exploring your life or experimenting or making mistakes and learning from them hopefully that you start to forge an identity. View quote
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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. View quote
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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 them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it, too. I want them to be able to do whatever they want around me. View quote
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Harold and Maude' was a seminal movie for me because it's not only a beautiful love story, but it's also about the moment when misfits find each other. (Stephen Chbosky)
I'm not saying she was lying to me, but she just acted so different before I got to know her, and if she really isn't like what she was at the beginning, I wish she could have just said so. View quote
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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 Graduate' or 'Rebel Without a Cause' or 'Dead Poet's Society,' they all had that timeless feel. None of them were completely married to the details of their age. They felt timeless in their treatment of it. That's what made them resonate with me. View quote
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I just think it's bad when a boy looks at a girl and thinks that the way he sees her is better than she actually is. And I think it's bad when the most honest way a boy can look at a girl is through a camera. View quote
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I was in the shopping mall because that's where I go lately. For the last couple of weeks, I've been going there every day, trying to figure out why people go there. It's kind of a personal project. View quote
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the juniors were acting different because they are now the seniors. They even had T-shirts made. I don't know who plans these things. View quote
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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. View quote
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What's your favorite book? "The last one I read. View quote
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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. View quote
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Maybe this are my glory days, and I'm not even realizing it... View quote
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My dad said I did the right thing. I hope I did, but it's hard to tell sometimes. (Stephen Chbosky)
calls her beautiful, but she cannot hear... View quote
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no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop your books and run like hell. View quote
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It's much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody. View quote
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He's a wallflower. View quote
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