Quotes from Stephen Chbosky

It's hard, too, because Patrick began every night really excited. He always said he felt free. And tonight was his destiny. And things like that. But by the end of that night, he just looked sad.

We are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.

Also, when I write letters, I spend the next two days thinking about what I figured out in my letters.

But you have to hear the end of the story - you have to know the wolf doesn't win.

I would tell you about the rest of the night, but I honestly don't remember much about it. It's all a very sad daze.

I read on the back cover that the author was born in Russia and came to America when she was young. She barely spoke English, but she wanted to be a great writer. I thought that was very admirable, so 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 think of the next one.

They've been talking about their prom nonstop. Even the people that think it's a "joke" like Mary Elizabeth can't stop talking about what a "joke" it is. It's all very fun to witness.

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 everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love.

I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. But right now, these moments are not stories. This is happening. You are alive. And you stand up and see the lights on the buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And you're listening to that song, and that drive with the people who you love most in this world. And in this moment, I swear, we are infinite.

have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time

Kate Reese shivered when she realized the sad truth: Even monsters are adorable when they are little.

No todo el mundo arrastra una tragedia, y aunque así fuera, no los excusaría

The kind of green that doesn't make a big deal about itself.

I know that I brought this all on myself. I know that I deserve this. I'd do anything not to be this way. I'd do anything to make it up to everyone. And to not have to see a psychiatrist, who explains to me about being 'passive aggressive'. And to not have to take the medicine he gives me, which is too expensive for my dad. And to not have to talk about bad memories with him. Or be nostalgic about bad things.

and i swear, in this moment we are infinite.

E quando eu disse a ela que já os tinha lido, ela me fez umas perguntas muito longas, que na verdade eram apenas as ideias dela com um ponto de interrogação no final.

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

But then Mr. Carlo told me to stop asking why? all the time and just follow the formulas. So, I did. Now, I get perfect scores on all my tests. I just wish I knew what the formulas did.

In the hallways, I see the girls wearing guys' jackets, and I think about the idea of property.

Bill said I was 'developing' at a rapid pace and gave me a different kind of book as a 'reward'. It's On the Road by Jack Kerouac. I'm now up to about ten cigarettes a day.

very very pretty green eyes. The kind of green that doesn't make a big deal about itself.

You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things.

Tal vez sea bueno poner las cosas en perspectiva, pero a veces, creo que la única perspectiva es realmente estar allí.

Y estaba realmente allí. Y eso fue suficiente para hacerme sentir infinito.