“ 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… Stephen Chbosky
“ I feel like a big faker because I've been putting my life back together, and nobody knows. Stephen Chbosky
“ I was last. Sam walked up and held me for a long time. Finally she whispered in my ear. She said a lot of wonderful things about how it was okay that i wasn't ready last night and how she would miss m… Stephen Chbosky
“ I know I should have been grateful because it was a very nice thing to do. But I wasn't grateful. I wasn't grateful at all. Don't get me wrong. I acted like I was. But I wasn't. To tell you the truth,… Stephen Chbosky
“ I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think everyone is special in their own way. I really do. Stephen Chbosky
“ I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they're here. If they like their jobs. Or us. And I wonder how smart they were when they were fifteen. N… 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 figure out how that could be. Stephen Chbosky
“ When you think back to your first kiss, your hair is perfect and she was wearing a cool outfit. We remember it with restraint and we remember it with style. We remember it as idealistically as you can… Stephen Chbosky
“ I know we didn't accomplish anything, but it felt great to sit there and talk about our place in things. Stephen Chbosky
“ It's great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms or something like that? You can't just sit there and put ev… Stephen Chbosky
“ The good news is that I read the book, and because of its fantasy nature, I could not pretend that I was in the book. That way I could participate and still read. Stephen Chbosky
“ You know I blamed Craig for not letting me do things? You know how stupid I feel about that now? Maybe he didn't really encourage me to do things, but he didn't prevent me from doing them either. But… Stephen Chbosky
