Quotes from Stephen Chbosky

So, I looked up, and we were in this giant dome like a glass snowball, and Mark said that the amazing white stars were really only holes in the black glass of the dome, and when you went to heaven, the glass broke away, and there was nothing but a whole sheet of star white, which is brighter than anything but doesn't hurt your eyes. It was vast and open and thinly quiet, and I felt so small.

Sam screamed the fun scream, and there it was. Downtown lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. Sam sat down and started laughing. Patrick started laughing. I started laughing. and in that moment, I swear we were infinite.

He's a wallflower.

Maybe it's good to put things in perspective, but sometimes, I think that the only perspective is to really be there.

I don't want to start thinking again. Not like I have this last week. I can't think again. Not ever again.

Everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other

I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting.

It's strange the times people choose to be generous.

So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. And I'm going to figure out what that is.

Everyone is special in their own way.

I don't know what's wrong with me. It's like all I can do is keep writing this gibberish to keep from breaking apart.

We can't choose where we come from,but we can choose where we go from there.

And we could all sit around and wonder and feel bad about each other and blame a lot of people for what they did or didn't do or what they didn't know. I don't know. I guess there would always be someone to blame.

Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder.

As I was walking up the stairs to dad's old room, and I was looking at the photographs, I started thinking that there was a time when these weren't memories. That someone actually took the photograph, and the people in the photograph had just eaten lunch or something.

Welcome to the island of misfit toys

I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial that advertised an exercise machine. They kept flashing a 1-800 number, so I called it. The woman who picked up the other end of the phone was named Michelle. And I told Michelle that I was a kid and did not need an exercise machine, but I hoped she was having a good night. That's when Michelle hung up on me. And I didn't mind a bit.

I didn't know that other people thought things about me. I didn't know that they looked.

The movie itself was very interesting, but I didn't think it was very good because I didn't really feel different when it was over.

Charlie, you're one of the most gifted people I've ever known. And I don't mean in terms of my other students. I mean in terms of anyone I've ever met.

When I was driving home, I just thought about the word 'special'. And I thought the last person who said that about me was my Aunt Helen. I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think everyone is special in their own way. I really do.

but my dad said it was no excuse. But I love him! I had never seen my sister cry that much. No, you don't. I hate you! No, you don't. My dad can be very calm sometimes. He's my whole world. Don't ever say that about anyone again. Not even me. That was my mom.

And things were back to normal except we were just friends.

no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop your books and run like hell