Top 400 Stephen Chbosky Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “I wasn’t raised very religiously because my parents went to Catholic school, but I do believe in God very much. I just never gave God a name, if you know what I mean. I hope I haven’t let Him down regardless.”

— Stephen Chbosky

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

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103. “I couldn’t believe Sam actually got me a present because i honestly thought the “I love you” was it.”

— Stephen Chbosky

104. “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

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

— Stephen Chbosky

106. “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

107. “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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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.”

— Stephen Chbosky

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

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

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

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

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

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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.”

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116. “Un abrazo, una sonrisa, una palabra amable: todos tienen un potencial de cambiar una vida por completo.”

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117. “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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118. “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

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

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120. “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

121. “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

122. “I know that I brought this all on myself. I know that I deserve this. I’d do anything not to be this way. I’d do anything to make it up to everyone.”

— Stephen Chbosky

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

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124. “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.”

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

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126. “I just really want a milkshake.”

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

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

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130. “I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but I’m starting to get scared.”

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

— Stephen Chbosky

133. “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.”

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134. “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.”

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

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

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138. “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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139. “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.”

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

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

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144. “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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145. “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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146. “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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147. “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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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. “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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150. “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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