Quotes from Stephen Chbosky

Então, amanhã, eu vou embora. E não vou deixar que isso aconteça novamente com alguém. Vou fazer o que eu quiser fazer. Eu serei quem eu realmente sou. E vou descobrir o que é isso. Mas agora eu estou aqui com você. E eu quero saber quem você é, o que você precisa e o que você quer fazer.

Não sei o que há de errado comigo. É como se tudo o que pudesse fazer é escrever esse palavreado para evitar a depressão.

Hundreds of babies who were born to hundreds of parents. Every one of them the hero of their own life.

Então, eu acho que somos quem somos por várias razões. E talvez nunca conheçamos a maior parte delas. Mas mesmo que não tenhamos o poder de escolher quem vamos ser, ainda podemos escolher aonde iremos a partir daqui. Ainda podemos fazer coisas. E podemos tentar ficar bem com elas.

and remember when we all felt infinite

I always wanted to be on a sports team like that. I'm not sure why, but I always thought it would be fun to have "glory days".

I just wanted to know what to buy my dad because I love him. And I don't know him. And he doesn't like to talk about things like that.

I think it's bad when a boy looks at a fork and thinks that the way he sees the girl is better than the girl actually is.

For me personally, as much as I don't understand my mom and dad and as much as I feel sorry for both of them sometimes, I can't help but love them very much.

Despite everything my mom and doctor and dad have said to me about blame, I can't stop thinking what I know.

You know… a lot of kids at school hate their parents. Some of them got hit. And some of them got caught in the middle of wrong lives. Some of them were trophies for their parents to show the neighbors like ribbons or gold stars. And some of them just wanted to drink in peace.

I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going to buy her a present. I think that should be the tradition. The kid gets gifts from everybody, and he buys one present for his mom since she was there, too.

Du coup, je me dis que le zen, c'est un jour comme aujourd'hui, quand on fait partie de l'air et qu'on se rappelle des trucs

She would be alive if I were born on a day that didn't snow. I would do anything to make this go away. I miss her terribly. I have to stop writing now because I am too sad.

And what my brother's face will look like on a football card, or what it will look like if it is never on a football card.

Aunque no podamos cambiar de donde venimos, tenemos el poder de elegir a dónde vamos.

My dad said I couldn't drive until the weather cleared up, and it finally did a little bit yesterday. I made a mix tape for the occasion. It is called "The First Time I Drove." Maybe I'm being too sentimental, but I like to think that when I'm old, I will be able to look at all these tapes and remember those drives.

Do you always thinks this much, Charlie

I wouldn't worry about it too much. But I guess I did worry about it […] And I wonder if anyone is really happy

even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have. Good and bad.

Así que supongo que somos quienes somos por un montón de razones. Y quizá nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas. Pero aunque no tengamos el poder de elegir de donde venimos, todavía podemos elegir adónde vamos desde ahí. Todavía podemos hacer cosas. Y podemos intentar sentirnos bien con ellas.- Charlie.

I guess what I'm saying is that this all feels very familiar. But it's not mine to be familiar about. I just know that another kid has felt this. This one time when it's peaceful outside, and you're seeing things move, and you don't want to, and everyone is asleep. And all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the songs you've loved have been heard by other people.

I look at people holding hands in the hallways, and I try to think about how it all works. At the school dances, I sit in the background, and I tap my toe, and I wonder how many couples will dance to "their song." In the hallways, I see the girls wearing the guys' jackets, and I think about the idea of property. And I wonder if anyone is really happy. I hope they are. I really hope they are.

No puedes sólo sentarte y poner la vida de todos por encima de la tuya y pensar que eso cuenta como amor.