Quotes from Stephen Chbosky

Love always, Charlie

After the song finished, I said something. I feel infinite. And Sam and Patrick looked at me like I said the gratest things they ever heard.

I said no to having a beer. I once had a beer with my brother when I was twelve, and I just didn't like it. It's really that simple for me. [pp.37]

I hope it's the kind of second side that he can listen to whenever he drives alone and feel like he belongs to something whenever he's sad. I hope it can be that for him.

That nice feeling when you look in the mirror, and your hair's right for the first time in your life? I don;t think we should base so much on weight, muscles, and a good hair day, but when it happens, it's nice. It really is.

But after a while, the whole thing just wasn't interesting to him anymore, and he ran out of things to keep himself numb.

And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia.

There were other stories and other names. Second Base Stace, who had breasts in fourth grade and let some of the boys feel them. Vincent, who took acid and tried to flush a sofa down the toilet. Sheila, who allegedly masturbated with a hot dog and had to go to the emergency room. The list went on and on.

You should tell her how nice her outfit is because her outfit is her choice whereas her face isn't.

Five minutes of a lifetime

and for the first time in my life I understand the end of that poem. And I never wanted to. You have to believe me.

Regardless, I decided to never take LSD again.

I can't think again. Not ever again. 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.

but because things change. And friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody.

I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand and didn't try to sleep with that person at that party even though you could have.

The inside jokes weren't jokes anymore. they had become stories

Charlie?' 'Uh-huh?' 'Do you like me?' 'Uh-huh.' 'You know what I mean?' 'Uh-huh.' 'Are you nervous?' 'Uh-huh.' 'Don't be nervous.' 'Okay.

We were just there together. And that was enough.

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

He got this very serious look on his face after I told him, and he said something to me I don't think I will forget this semester or ever. 'Charlie, we accept the love we think we deserve.

I don't want to be somebody's crush. If someone 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. And if they do something I don't like, I'll tell them.

I just laid around in my bed, looking at the ceiling, and i smiled because it was a nice kind of quiet.

I try to remind myself when I feel great like this that there will be another terrible week coming someday, so I should store up as many great details as I can, so during the next terrible week, I can remember those details and believe that I'll feel great again. It doesn't work a lot, but I think it's very important to try.

The kid gets gifts from everybody, and he buys one present for his mom since she was there , too. I think that would be nice.