Stephen Chbosky Quotes

Sam looked at me soft. And she hugged me. And I closed my eyes because I wanted to know nothing but her arms.

Then, I started running. And everything was as good as it could be.

Some kids look at me strange in the hallways because I don't decorate my locker,...

I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that. I think wanting that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. That’s why I’m trying not to think. I just want it all to stop spinning.

I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people. You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love.

Things change, friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody.

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, I was starting to get mad.

What's the point of using words nobody knows or can say comfortably?