Quotes from Stephen Chbosky

Podemos tragarnos nuestro miedo o dejar que nos devore

É como quando você se olha no espelho e diz seu nome. E chega a um ponto em que nada parece real.

Five minutes of a lifetime were truly spent and we felt young in a good way.

Sam and Patrick looked at me, and I looked at them, and I think they knew. Not anything specific, really, they just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.

Because things change, and friends leave, and life doesn't stop for anybody.

You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love, you just can't.

I feel infinite - Charlie

Because it's okay to feel things and be who you are about them.

Because I was standing in the tunnel and I was really there. And that was enough to make me feel infinite.

Please believe that things are good with me. And even when they're not, they will be, soon enough. And I will believe the same about you.

In this moment, I swear. We are infinite.

Take the chance and live. Whatever strategy you choose, YOU WIN.

Ti è mai successo? Ti è mai capitato di sentirti uno schifo, e poi ti passa, e non sai perché? Quando mi sento così bene, cerco di ricordarmi che ci saranno altre settimane tremende, prima o poi, e mi ripeto che dovrei immagazzinare quanti più dettagli possibili delle giornate grandiose, così, nei periodi bui, posso ripensare a essi e convincermi che sto di nuovo da Dio. Non funziona granché, ma penso che sia importante provare.

And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain, and that didn't matter.

I want to make sure that the first person you kiss loves you, okay?

I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.

'Rent' was wonderful in that I was able to adapt something that was beloved to fans, something that was very iconic, but something I had nothing to do with the creation of, so I was very removed. 'Perks' is different because it was my book.

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

I am really in love with Sam, and it hurts very much.

I would give someone a record so they could love the record, not so they would always know that I gave it to them.

And how different her face looked the first time she really liked a boy who was not on a poster on her wall. And how her face looked when she realized she was in love with that boy.

I wish I could stop being in love with Sam. I really do.

I couldn't believe Sam actually got me a present because i honestly thought the "I love you" was it.

'Rent' was a special project for me. It was my first notable screenplay job. I worked with two wonderful directors on it, starting with Spike Lee in the summer of 2001. I wrote a draft for Spike and he was really good to me.