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Stephen Chbosky

Birthdate: 25. January 1970

Stephen Chbosky is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film director best known for writing The New York Times bestselling coming-of-age novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower , as well as for screenwriting and directing the film version of the same book, starring Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, and Ezra Miller. He also wrote the screenplay for the 2005 film Rent, and Disney's 2017 live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast alongside with Evan Spiliotopoulos and was co-creator, executive producer, and writer of the CBS television series Jericho, which aired from 2006 to 2008.

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky

Quotes Stephen Chbosky

„It's much easier not to know things sometimes.“

— Stephen Chbosky, book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Variant: It’s much easier not to know things sometimes.
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Sad

„Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight.“

— Stephen Chbosky

Books, Silence

„We accept the love we think we deserve.“

— Stephen Chbosky, book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Love, Thinking, Inspirational, love

„Enjoy it. Because it's happening.“

— Stephen Chbosky, book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

„There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.“

— Stephen Chbosky, book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

World, Happy

„I would die for you. But I won't live for you.“

— Stephen Chbosky, book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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

— Stephen Chbosky, book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Variant: Everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Love

„It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.“

— Stephen Chbosky, book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

People, Books, Thinking, Reading

„This moment will just be another story someday.“

— Stephen Chbosky, book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Sad

„And we could all sit around and wonder and feel bad about each other and blame a lot of people for what they did or didn’t do or what they didn’t know. I don’t know. I guess there would always be someone to blame.“

— Stephen Chbosky, book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

People, Feeling

„You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things.“

— Stephen Chbosky

Love, Thinking

„Every person has to live his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people.“

— Stephen Chbosky, book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Variant: I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people.
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Life, People, Personality

„I hate you."
I love you."
You're a freak, you know that? Everyone says so. They always have."
I'm trying not to be.“

— Stephen Chbosky, book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Love, Hate

„And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.“

— Stephen Chbosky, book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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

— Stephen Chbosky, book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Sadness, Hope, Time

„We didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough“

— Stephen Chbosky, book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Light

„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.“

— Stephen Chbosky, book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Love

„I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.“

— Stephen Chbosky, book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Variant: 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.
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Sadness, Time, Happiness

„Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.“

— Stephen Chbosky, book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Way, Sense

„I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that I don’t know if anyone else ever has.“

— Stephen Chbosky, book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

love, Good Night, For Him, For Boyfriend