Top 400 Stephen Chbosky Quotes (2024 Update)
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301. “And how different her face looked the first time she really liked a boy who was not on a poster on her wall. And how her face looked when she realized she was in love with that boy.”

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302. “If it meant that I would never get to think of you that way, as long as you were happy, it was okay.”

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303. “At some point, you just pull of the Band-Aid and it hurts, but then its over and you’re relieved.”

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304. “Reading the book isn’t helping either. I don’t know. I’m just thinking too fast. Much too fast.”

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305. “It’s like all I can do is keep writing this gibberish to keep from falling apart.”

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306. “Fear is not fear. It is excitement afraid of its own light.”

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307. “I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and doesn’t try to sleep with people even if they could have. I need to know that these people exist... 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.”

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308. “So, I said I thought the magazine was trying to make him a hero, but then later somebody might dig up something to make him seem like less than a person.”

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309. “I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or something like that. I think wanting that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. That’s why I’m trying not to think. I just want it all to stop spinning. If this gets any worse, I might have to go back to the doctor. It’s getting that bad again.”

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310. “I don’t know what I’m supposed to do now. I know other people have it a lot worse. I do know that, but it’s crashing in anyway...”

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311. “A lot of parents make you feel very awkward when you meet them.”

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312. “I thought about him going into my mom’s when she was little and hitting my mom and holding up her report card and saying that her bad grades would never happen again. And I think now that maybe he meant my older brother. Or my sister. Or me. That he would make sure that he was the last one to work in a mill.”

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313. “I was looking at the old photographs, I started thinking that there was a time when these weren’t memories. That someone actually took that photograph, and the people in the photograph had just eaten lunch or something.”

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314. “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. And to not have to see a psychiatrist, who explains to me about being ‘passive aggressive’. And to not have to take the medicine he gives me, which is too expensive for my dad. And to not have to talk about bad memories with him. Or be nostalgic about bad things.”

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315. “If you ever do this again, I’ll tell everyone. And if that doesn’t work, I’ll blind you.”

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316. “It’s getting that bad again.”

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317. “I had an amazing feeling when I finally held the tape in my hand. I just thought to myself that in the palm of my hand, there was this one tape that had all of these memories and feelings and great joy and sadness.”

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318. “I ate the brownie, and it tasted a little weird, but it was still a brownie, so I still liked it. But this was not an ordinary brownie. Since you are older, I think you know what kind of brownie it was.”

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319. “Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. And maybe it’s just the fact that we loved Aunt Helen, especially me, and this was the time we could spend with her.”

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320. “After I said that, we all got quiet and sad. In the silence, I remembered this one time that I never told anybody about. The time we were walking. Just the three of us. And I was in the middle. I don’t remember where we were walking to or where we were walking from. 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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321. “So, if this does end up being my last letter, please believe that things are good with me, and even when they’re not, they will be soon enough. And I will believe the same about you. Love always, Charlie.”

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322. “I just never gave God a name, if you know what I mean. I hope I haven’t let Him down regardless.”

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323. “I guess what I’m saying is that this all feels very familiar. But it’s not mine to be familiar about.”

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324. “I don’t want to start thinking again. Not like I have this last week. I can’t think again. Not ever again. I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that. I think wanting that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. That’s why I’m trying not to think. I just want it all to stop spinning.”

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325. “Es que a veces la gente utiliza el pensamiento para no implicarse en la vida.”

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326. “I wasn’t happy about Craig and Sam breaking up. Not at all. I never once thought that it would mean Sam might start liking me. All I cared about was the fact that Sam got really hurt. 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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327. “I asked Patrick if he felt sad that he had to keep it a secret, and Patrick just said that he wasn’t sad because at least now, Brad doesn’t have to get drunk or stoned to make love.”

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328. “I wanted the angel to come down and show us how Uncle Billy’s life had meaning. Then, I think I’d feel better.”

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329. “She even told me how to treat a girl on a date, which was very interesting. She said that with a girl like Mary Elizabeth, you shouldn’t tell her she looks pretty. You should tell her how nice her outfit is because her outfit is her choice whereas her face isn’t.”

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330. “Charlie, we accept the love we think we deserve.” I just stood there, quiet. Bill patted my shoulder and gave me a new book to read. He told me everything was going to be okay.”

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331. “At those times, you weren’t being his friend at all. Because you weren’t honest with him.”

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332. “I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. But right now, these moments are not stories. This is happening. You are alive. And you stand up and see the lights on the buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And you’re listening to that song, and that drive with the people who you love most in this world. And in this moment, I swear, we are infinite.”

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333. “You are not a sad story.”

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334. “I thought about Bill telling me I was special. And my sister saying she loved me. And my mom, too. And even my dad and brother when I was in the hospital. I thought about Patrick calling me his friend. And I thought about Sam telling me to do things. to really be there. And I just thought how great it was to have friends and a family.”

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335. “I just remembered what made me think of all this. I’m going to write it down because maybe if I do I won’t have to think about it. And I won’t get upset.”

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336. “I don’t know where I went wrong.”

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337. “And I hope everyone’s picture turn out great and never become old photographs and nobody gets in a car accident.”

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338. “In the hallways, I see the girls wearing guys’ jackets, and I think about the idea of property.”

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339. “There is a lot to tell you about the last two weeks. A lot of it is good, but a lot of it is bad. Again, I don’t know why this always happens.”

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340. “And for the first time, something nice like that made me smile and not cry.”

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341. “To Charlie” and the whole group said, “to Charlie.” I didn’t know why they did that, but it was very special to me that they did. Especially Sam. Especially her.”

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342. “I hope it’s the kind of second side that he can listen to whenever he drives alone and feel like he belongs to something whenever he’s sad.”

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343. “But for now, sledding is enough. I think it would be great if sledding were always enough, but it isn’t.”

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344. “Y creo que todo el mundo es especial a su manera. Lo creo de verdad.”

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345. “And that was that. Bill didn’t try to make sure that I would see him next year if I needed anything. He didn’t ask me why I was crying. He just let me hear what he had to say in my own way and let things be. That was probably the best part.”

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346. “The power of God was not omniscience. The power of God was not omnipotence. The power of God was love.”

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347. “Also, when I write letters, I spend the next two days thinking about what I figured out in my letters.”

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348. “I love my mom so much. I don’t care if that’s corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I’m going to buy her a present. I think that should be the tradition. The kid gets gifts from everybody, and he buys one present for his mom since she was there, too.”

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349. “Mary Katherine had no way of understanding that her mother was not upset at her seventeen-year-old daughter because she was too relieved that the seventeen-week-old daughter that she remembered nursing hadn’t died in that car accident last night. She had no way of knowing that no matter how big children feel, they will always look smaller to their parents.”

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

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