Top 400 Stephen Chbosky Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “I couldn’t believe Sam actually got me a present because i honestly thought the “I love you” was it.”

— Stephen Chbosky

102. “When the police came, they found my brother asleep on the roof. Nobody knows how he got there.”

— Stephen Chbosky

103. “I was in the shopping mall because that’s where I go lately. For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been going there every day, trying to figure out why people go there. It’s kind of a personal project.”

— Stephen Chbosky

104. “But right now I’m here with you. And I want to know where you are, what you need, and what you want to do.”

— Stephen Chbosky

105. “And things were back to normal except we were just friends.”

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106. “Patrick started running after the sunset. And Sam immediately followed him. And I saw them in silhouette. Running after the sun.”

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107. “The thing is some girls think they can actually change guys.”

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108. “But Mary Elizabeth felt different. She kept saying it was an “articulate” film. So “articulate.” And I guess it was. The thing is, I didn’t know what it said even if it said it very well.”

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109. “I really think that everyone should have watercolors, magnetic poetry, and a harmonica.”

— Stephen Chbosky

110. “After a few minutes, it was time for me to leave. I don’t know who decides these things. It just happens.”

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111. “Have you ever done that? You feel really bad, and then it goes away, and you don’t know why.”

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

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113. “He realized that if he didn’t leave, it would never be his life. It would be theirs.”

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114. “And later that night to be with my family at dinnertime and have things just be like they always were. That was the amazing part. Things just keep going. We didn’t talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough.”

— Stephen Chbosky

115. “And she looked at me like she couldn’t believe I knew she loved Anne Rice. I guess he didn’t know how much she talked or how much I listened.”

— Stephen Chbosky

116. “I just listened to the music, and breathed in the day, and remembered things. Things like walking around the neighborhood and looking at the houses and the lawns and the colorful trees and having that be enough.”

— Stephen Chbosky

117. “To kill a mockingbird. If you haven’t read it, I think you should because it is very interesting.”

— Stephen Chbosky

118. “It’s strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that’s kind of how it felt.”

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119. “Those writers that have zero say in their movie adaptations have zero say because they sell it. If you don’t sell it, and you do it yourself, and you wait until the screenplay is ready, you don’t have to worry about that.”

— Stephen Chbosky

120. “My sister was the one who told me where babies come from. My sister was also the one who laughed when I immediately asked her where babies go to.”

— Stephen Chbosky

121. “The inside jokes weren’t jokes anymore. They had become stories. Nobody brought up the bad names or the bad times. And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia.”

— Stephen Chbosky

122. “And I just let him. Because that’s what friends are for.”

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123. “When to stopped wishing things wouldn’t fall apart, you’d stop suffering when they did.”

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124. “I wonder what it will be like when I leave this place.”

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125. “I just really want a milkshake.”

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126. “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.”

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127. “And I know things have to get worse before they get better.”

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128. “She wasn’t bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just takes time.”

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129. “Incidentally, I only have one cavity, and as much as my dentist asks me to, I just can’t bring myself to floss.”

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130. “I know this will all be stories someday and our pictures will become old photographs. We all become somebody’s mom or dad. But right now these moments are not stories. This is happening.”

— Stephen Chbosky

131. “And even if she says no, and really means yes, then quite frankly she’s playing games and isn’t worth the price of dinner.”

— Stephen Chbosky

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

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133. “My sister was counting on me, and this was the first time anyone ever counted on me for anything.”

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134. “I don’t even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere.”

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135. “I just think it’s bad when a boy looks at a girl and thinks that the way he sees her is better than she actually is. And I think it’s bad when the most honest way a boy can look at a girl is through a camera.”

— Stephen Chbosky

136. “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.”

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137. “It would be very nice to have a friend again. I would like that even more than a date.”

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

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139. “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.”

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140. “It’s strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book. Also, when I write letters, I spend the next two days thinking about what I figured out in my letters.”

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141. “I just don’t want you to worry about me, or think you’ve met me, or waste your time anymore.”

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142. “Sam has brown hair and very, very pretty green eyes. The kind of green that doesn’t make a big deal about itself.”

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143. “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 everybody’s lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can’t. You have to do things.”

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144. “Old pictures look very rugged and young, and the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are.”

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145. “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.”

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146. “I have decided that maybe I want to write when I grow up. I just don’t know what I would write.”

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147. “I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won’t tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it wouldn’t change the fact that they were upset. And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn’t really change the fact that you have what you have.”

— Stephen Chbosky

148. “I put my head under my pillow and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be.”

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149. “As much as I feel sad, I think that not knowing is what really bothers me.”

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150. “I wish I knew. It might make me miss him more clearly. It might have made sad sense.”

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