Top 400 Stephen Chbosky Quotes (2026 Update)
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351. “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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352. “Good guys win wars.”

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353. “Charlie, a gente aceita o amor que acha que merece.”

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

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356. “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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357. “Things like waking around the neighbourhood and looking at the houses and the lawns and the colourful trees and having that be enough.”

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

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

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

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362. “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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363. “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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364. “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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365. “It was a stolen type of kiss.”

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366. “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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367. “It was the way she said it that started me feeling.”

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368. “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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369. “This is a worse that feels too big.”

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370. “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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371. “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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372. “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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373. “Despite everything my mom and doctor and dad have said to me about blame, I can’t stop thinking what I know.”

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374. “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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375. “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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376. “It started yesterday at home. I don’t like my birthday. I don’t like it at all.”

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377. “Do you always think this much, Charlie?” “Is that bad?” I just wanted someone to tell me the truth. “Not necessarily. It’s just that sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.” “Is that bad?” “Yes.”

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378. “My dad said I couldn’t drive until the weather cleared up, and it finally did a little bit yesterday. I made a mix tape for the occasion. It is called “The First Time I Drove.” Maybe I’m being too sentimental, but I like to think that when I’m old, I will be able to look at all these tapes and remember those drives.”

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

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380. “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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381. “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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382. “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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383. “Also, when I write letters, I spend the next two days thinking about what I figured out in my letters.”

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384. “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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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. “I also thought that if anybody saw me talking out loud when I was alone in the car, their looks might convince me that the something that’s wrong with me might be even worse than I thought.”

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387. “It’s not a movie kind of love either.”

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388. “He said that it was a very bad accident, and my Aunt Helen was definitely killed instantly. In other words, there was no pain. There was no pain anymore.”

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

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390. “Hundreds of babies who were born to hundreds of parents. Every one of them the hero of their own life.”

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391. “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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392. “I have never forgotten feeling sad or crazy or depressed or outside of my own self and own body. And on the great days, I have never forgotten what it was like to go on those drives with those songs with those beautiful people whom I still call friends.”

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

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

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

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

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397. “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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398. “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.”

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399. “I just wanted to know what to buy my dad because I love him. And I don’t know him.”

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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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