Quotes from Stephen Chbosky

She said that by introducing me to all these great things, Mary Elizabeth gained a "superior position" that she wouldn't need if she was confident about herself. She also said that people who try to control situations all the time are afraid that if they don't, nothing will work out the way they want.

I'm trying not to think about it too much because that makes it worse. It's kind of like when you look at yourself in the mirror and you say your name. And it gets to a point where none of it seems real. I can do that, but I don't need an hour in front of a mirror. It happens very fast, and things start to slip away.

It's like looking at all the students and wondering who's had their heart broken that day, and how they are able to cope with having three quizzes and a book report on top of that.

Adults are bad at remembering how powerful they can be because somewhere along the line, they were shamed for their imagination.

And I could see this boy doing his homework and thinking about my sister naked. And I could see them holding hands at football games that they do not watch. And I could see this boy throwing up in the bushes at a party house. And I could see my sister putting up with it. And I felt very bad for both of them.

If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.

Do you enjoy holidays with your family? I don't mean your mom and dad family, but your uncle and aunt and cousin family? Personally, I do. There are several reasons for this. First, I am very interested and fascinated by how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other. Second, the fights are always the same.

All I could do is lie there and think about how much her voice changed when she asked me if she was pretty, and how much she changed when I answered.

So what's the point of using words nobody else knows or can say comfortably? I just don't understand that.

And she kissed me. It was the kind of kiss that I could never tell my friends about out loud. It was the kind of kiss that made me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.

Because the song was that great and because we all really paid attention to it. Five minutes of a lifetime were truly spent, and we felt young in a good way.

Podría morir por ti. Pero no voy a vivir para ti.

It's just hard to see a friend hurt this much. Especially when you can't do anything except be there. I want to make him stop hurting, but I can't.

Do you think if people knew how crazy you really were, no one would ever talk to you?

There are other people who have it a lot worse

I just wish that God or my parents or Sam or my sister or someone would just tell me what's wrong with me. Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense. To make this all go away. And disappear. I know that's wrong because it's my responsibility, and I know that things get worse before they get better because that's what my psychiatrist says, but this is a worse that feels too big.

We are who we are for a lot of reasons

I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people.

They are all my favourites. All of them.

there was a time when these weren't memories.

It's like looking at all the students and wondering who's had their heart broken that day, and how they are able to cope with having three quizzes and a book report on top of that. Or wondering who did the heart breaking. And wondering why. Especially since I know that if they went to another school, the person who had their heart broken would have had their heart broken by somebody else, so why does it have to be so personal?

calls her beautiful, but she cannot hear...

Creo que somos quienes somos por muchas razones. Y probablemente nunca las conoceremos a todas. Pero aunque así no tenemos el poder de elegir de dónde venimos, aún podemos elegir a dónde vamos desde allí. Aún podemos hacer cosas. Y podemos tratar de sentirnos bien por ellas.

Y en ese momento, juro que éramos infinitos.