“ So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. Stephen Chbosky
“ Patrick started running after the sunset. And Sam immediately followed him. And I saw them in silhouette. Running after the sun. Stephen Chbosky
“ Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines he wrote a poemAnd he called it Chops because that was the name of his dogAnd that's what it was all aboutAnd his teacher gave him an A and a gold star… Stephen Chbosky
“ Not anything specific really. They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend. Stephen Chbosky
“ No puedes sólo sentarte y poner la vida de todos por encima de la tuya y pensar que eso cuenta como amor. Simplemente no puedes. Tienes que hacer algo. Stephen Chbosky
“ Maybe it's good to put things in perspective, but sometimes, I think that the only perspective is to really be there. Stephen Chbosky
“ It's too bad you're not gay. Then again, if you were gay, I would never date you. You're a mess. Stephen Chbosky
“ It suddenly dawned on me that if Michael were stillaround, Susan probably wouldn't be going out with himanymore. Not because she's a bad person or shallow or mean.But because things change. And friend… Stephen Chbosky
“ Inside the card, I told Sam that the present I gave her was given to me by my Aunt Helen. It was an old 45 record that had the Beatles' song Something. I used to listen to it all the time when I was l… Stephen Chbosky
“ 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. Stephen Chbosky
“ I sat down and tried to write a story.Ian MacArthur is a wonderful sweet fellow who wears glasses and peers out of them with delight.That was the first sentence. The problem was that I just couldn't t… Stephen Chbosky
“ Girls are weird, and I don't mean that offensively. I just can't put it any other way. Stephen Chbosky
“ Dear Friend, I'm sorry I haven't written to you in a couple of weeks, but I have been trying to 'participate' like Bill said. Stephen Chbosky
“ And when she started becoming a young lady, and no one was allowed to look at her because she thought she was fat. And how she really wasn’t fat. And how she was actually very pretty. And how differen… Stephen Chbosky
“ And I know that my aunt Helen would still be alive today if she just bought me one present like everybody else. She would be alive if I were born on a day that didn't snow. I would do anything to make… Stephen Chbosky
“ People who try to control situations all the time are afraid that if they don't, nothing will work out the way they want. Stephen Chbosky
