Top 400 Stephen Chbosky Quotes (2024 Update)
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351. “Things like waking around the neighbourhood and looking at the houses and the lawns and the colourful trees and having that be enough.”

— Stephen Chbosky

352. “Despite everything my mom and doctor and dad have said to me about blame, I can’t stop thinking what I know.”

— Stephen Chbosky

353. “The shadows were not terrifying. They were the proof that light exists. The fire and brimstone were all a mirage. The clouds nothing but steam inside a bathroom. All he needed to do was wipe away the mirror. He didn’t need a key. He was the key.”

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354. “Take the chance and live. Whatever strategy you choose, YOU WIN.”

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355. “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.”

— Stephen Chbosky

356. “It takes seven years to digest gum.”

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357. “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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358. “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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359. “I always wanted to be on a sports team like that. I’m not sure why, but I always thought it would be fun to have “glory days”.”

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360. “I read the book again that night because I knew that if I didn’t, I would probably start crying again. The panicky type, I mean. I read until I was completely exhausted and had to go to sleep. In the morning, I finished the book and then started immediately reading it again. Anything to not feel like crying. Because I made the promise to Aunt Helen. And because I don’t want to start thinking again. Not like I have this last week. I can’t think again. Not ever again.”

— Stephen Chbosky

361. “The teacher has assigned us a few chapters at a time, but I do not like to read books like.”

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362. “Selbst Monster waren liebenswert, wenn sie klein waren.”

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363. “The kind of green that doesn’t make a big deal about itself.”

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364. “I laid down on his old bed, and I looked through the window at this tree that was probably a lot shorter when my dad looked at it. And I could feel what he felt on the night when he realized that if he didn’t leave, it would never be his life. It would be theirs. At least that’s how he’s put it.”

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365. “We just want her to know that we miss her, and we think of her, and she was special.”

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366. “I stared at my reflection and the trees behind it for a long time. Not thinking anything. Not feeling anything. Not hearing the record. For hours.”

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367. “Kate Reese shivered when she realized the sad truth: Even monsters are adorable when they are little.”

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368. “And what my brother’s face will look like on a football card, or what it will look like if it is never on a football card.”

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369. “Es ahora mi libro favorito de todos los tiempos, aunque siempre pienso eso hasta que leo otro libro.”

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370. “I figured that I should just do what I wanted to do. Not think about it. Not say it out loud.”

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371. “The trance happens when you don’t focus on anything.”

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372. “I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.”

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373. “If you fail at your job, you do not blame some outside force. You look right in the mirror and take responsibility. That was the problem with the world. No one took responsibility.”

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374. “I just wanted to know what to buy my dad because I love him. And I don’t know him. And he doesn’t like to talk about things like that.”

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375. “And I really was sorry. And I know that she believed me. But when that didn’t make any difference, and there was nothing but a bad silence on the phone, I really knew it was too late.”

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376. “I realized that it happened every Saturday when we would watch television.”

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377. “I have spent the whole vacation reading Hamlet. Bill was right. It was much easier to think of the kid in the play like the other characters I’ve read about so far. It has also helped me while I’m trying to figure out what’s wrong with me. It didn’t give me any answers necessarily, but it was helpful to know that someone else has been through it.”

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378. “And when he was lying in the ground next to her, her photographs would be thrown in the trash because her face wouldn’t mean anything to anyone else. He was the last person alive who knew her and loved her.”

— Stephen Chbosky

379. “Good guys win wars.”

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380. “I don’t know why I wrote a lot of this down for you to read.”

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381. “I watched the hockey game with him for a while, but I couldn’t stop asking him questions about which countries the players are from, and he was “resting his eyes,” which means he was sleeping but didn’t want me to change the channel.”

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382. “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. Right there in the palm of my hand. And I thought about how many people have loved those songs. And how many people got through a lot of bad times because of those songs. And how many people enjoyed good times with those songs. And how much those songs really mean.”

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383. “And I saw Patrick and Alice not even care that they weren’t kissing anybody because they were too excited talking about their futures.”

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384. “Do you always thinks this much, Charlie.”

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385. “She wanted her son to be smart enough to get out of this nightmare, but not smart enough to know that he was actually inside one.”

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386. “Du coup, je me dis que le zen, c’est un jour comme aujourd’hui, quand on fait partie de l’air et qu’on se rappelle des trucs.”

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387. “It started yesterday at home. I don’t like my birthday. I don’t like it at all.”

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388. “I was standing in the tunnel. And I was really there. And that was enough to make me feel infinite.”

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389. “It was a stolen type of kiss.”

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390. “I even got out my old sled and my old scarf. There is something cozy about that for me.”

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391. “She would be alive if I were born on a day that didn’t snow. I would do anything to make this go away. I miss her terribly. I have to stop writing now because I am too sad.”

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392. “And then Patrick started running after the sunset. And Sam immediately followed him. And I saw them in silhouette. Running after the sun. Then, I started running. And everything was as good as it could be.”

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393. “My mom told me that when I was little, I called them “Candy Grandma” and “Cookies Grandma.” I also called pizza crust “pizza bones.” I don’t know why I’m telling you this.”

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394. “For the rest of the school year, the teachers treated me different and gave me better grades even though I didn’t get any smarter.”

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395. “And he doesn’t play baseball anymore. He doesn’t like to be even reminded unless he tells the stories. I just wanted to know what to buy my dad because I love him. And I don’t know him. And he doesn’t like to talk about things like that.”

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396. “Patrick made jokes to keep everyone honest.”

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397. “And we kept dancing. It was the only time all day that I really wanted the clock to stop. And just be there for a long time.”

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398. “I just wanted someone to tell me the truth.”

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399. “But you have to hear the end of the story – you have to know the wolf doesn’t win.”

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400. “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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