Top 400 Stephen Chbosky Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “We accept the love we think we deserve.”

— Stephen Chbosky

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2. “And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”

— Stephen Chbosky

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3. “So, I guess we are who we are for alot 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.”

— Stephen Chbosky

4. “Everyone is special in their own way.”

— Stephen Chbosky

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5. “Sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.”

— Stephen Chbosky

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6. “Welcome to the island of misfit toys.”

— Stephen Chbosky

7. “Enjoy it. Because it’s happening.”

— Stephen Chbosky

Featured in: Happy Quotes, Enjoy Life Quotes, Affirmation Quotes, Carpe Diem Quotes, Happy Saturday Quotes

8. “Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.”

— Stephen Chbosky

Featured in: Life is Hard Quotes, Sad Quotes About Life, Loss Quotes, Growing Up Quotes

9. “There’s nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”

— Stephen Chbosky

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10. “Even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.”

— Stephen Chbosky

Featured in: New Beginnings Quotes, Encouraging Quotes for Students, Inspirational Quotes for Students, Growing Up Quotes

11. “So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be.”

— Stephen Chbosky

12. “I would die for you. But I won’t live for you.”

— Stephen Chbosky

13. “This moment will just be another story someday.”

— Stephen Chbosky

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14. “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.”

— Stephen Chbosky

15. “He’s a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.”

— Stephen Chbosky

16. “It’s nice to have things to look forward to.”

— Stephen Chbosky

17. “And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn’t really change the fact that you have what you have. Good and bad.”

— Stephen Chbosky

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18. “Try to be a filter, not a sponge.”

— Stephen Chbosky

19. “No podemos elegir de donde venimos pero si hacia donde vamos.”

— Stephen Chbosky

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

— Stephen Chbosky

21. “The perfect song on the perfect drive to make you feel infinite.”

— Stephen Chbosky

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22. “It’s much easier not to know things sometimes.”

— Stephen Chbosky

23. “Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight.”

— Stephen Chbosky

24. “The truth is, when it gets really quiet, when the silence gets too loud, i really start to miss everyone.”

— Stephen Chbosky

25. “If you care about somebody, you should want them to be happy. Even if you wind up being left out.”

— Stephen Chbosky

26. “It’s strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.”

— Stephen Chbosky

27. “So, I heard you’re this ninja or something.”

— Stephen Chbosky

28. “I’m going to be who I really am. I’m going to figure out what this is.”

— Stephen Chbosky

29. “I’m so sorry that I wasted your time because you really do mean a lot to me and I hope you have a very nice life because I really think you deserve it. I really do. I hope you do, too. Okay, then. Goodbye.”

— Stephen Chbosky

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30. “So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we’ll never know most of them.”

— Stephen Chbosky

31. “Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad.”

— Stephen Chbosky

32. “They are all my favourites. All of them.”

— Stephen Chbosky

33. “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.”

— Stephen Chbosky

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

— Stephen Chbosky

35. “We Are All Infinite.”

— Stephen Chbosky

36. “I was in my bed trying to figure out why sometimes you can wake up and go back to sleep and other times you can’t.”

— Stephen Chbosky

37. “I don’t know how much longer I can keep going without a friend. I used to be able to do it very easily, but that was before I knew what having a friend was like.”

— Stephen Chbosky

38. “It’s just hard to see a friend hurt this much. Especially when you can’t do anything except ‘be there.’ I just want to make him stop hurting, but I can’t. So I just follow him around whenever he wants to show me his world.”

— Stephen Chbosky

39. “And I wonder if anyone is really happy. I hope they are. I really hope they are.”

— Stephen Chbosky

40. “Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.”

— Stephen Chbosky

41. “It’s okay to feel things. And be who you are about them.”

— Stephen Chbosky

42. “I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for thousands of years. Or just not exist...”

— Stephen Chbosky

43. “Sometimes, I look outside, and I think that a lot of other people have seen this snow before. Just like I think that a lot of other people have read those books before. And listened to those songs. I wonder how they feel tonight.”

— Stephen Chbosky

Featured in: Quotes About Songs

44. “Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”

— Stephen Chbosky

45. “I love Twinkies, and the reason I am saying that is because we are all supposed to think of reasons to live.”

— Stephen Chbosky

46. “On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain got tired, so I decided to watch some television instead.”

— Stephen Chbosky

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47. “The most beautiful surprise is that you have these moments where you connect with people on a deep level without saying a word. It’s one of those wonderful things that you get what you give, and I’m grateful for it.”

— Stephen Chbosky

48. “So I started shoveling Bob’s driveway, which is a strange thing to do at a New Years Eve Party.”

— Stephen Chbosky

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49. “The fights are always the same.”

— Stephen Chbosky

50. “We didn’t talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough.”

— Stephen Chbosky