“ You ever think Charlie, that our group is the same as any other group like a football team? And the only real difference between us is what we wear and why we wear it? Stephen Chbosky
“ This one kid Mark at the party that gave me this came out of nowhere looked at the sky and told me to see the stars. So, I looked up, and we were in this giant dome like a glass snowball, and Mark sai… Stephen Chbosky
“ The reason I am thinking so far in advance is because school is terribly lonely. I think I've said that before, but it's getting harder every day. Stephen Chbosky
“ Sometimes, I think Bill forgets that I am sixteen. But I am very happy that he does. Stephen Chbosky
“ So, I looked up, and we were in this giant dome like a glass snowball, and Mark said that the amazing white stars were really only holes in the black glass of the dome, and when you went to heaven, th… Stephen Chbosky
“ Patrick said that the problem was that since everything has happened already, it makes it hard to break new ground. Stephen Chbosky
“ It's much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody. I wanted to laugh. Or maybe get mad. Or maybe shrug at how strange everybody was, esp… Stephen Chbosky
“ I would give someone a record so they could love the record, not so they would always know that I gave it to them. Stephen Chbosky
“ I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it won't change the fact that they are upset. Stephen Chbosky
“ I know that I brought this all on myself. I know that I deserve this. I'd do anything not to be this way. Stephen Chbosky
“ I just think it's bad when a boy looks at a girl and thinks that the way he sees the girl is better than the girl actually is. Stephen Chbosky
“ I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. Stephen Chbosky
“ You should tell her how niceher outfit is because her outfit is her choice whereas her face isn't. Stephen Chbosky
“ The inside jokes weren't jokes anymore. They had become stories. Nobody brought up the bad names or the bad times. And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia. Stephen Chbosky
“ That's when I started thinking about my sister.I thought about the time when she and her friends painted my fingernails, and how that was okay because my brother wasn't there. And the time she let me… Stephen Chbosky
“ Some kids look at me strange in the hallways because I don't decorate my locker,... Stephen Chbosky
