Stephen Chbosky citations

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“Tu vois, c'est pas comme dans les films, où les filles préfèrent les salauds ou les mecs dans ce genre. C'est pas aussi simple. Elles aiment les garçons qui peuvent leur donner un but. En fait, avec les mecs, ce qu'elles aiment, c'est relever un défi.”

“Mais même si on ne peut pas choisir d'où on vient, à partir de là, on peut quand même choisir où on veut aller.”

“Parfois, on se réfugie derrière ses pensées pour ne pas avoir à s'impliquer.”

“Nous acceptons l'amour que nous pensons mériter.”

“I love my mom. And this time, I told her I loved her. And she told me she loved me, too. And things were okay for a little while.”

“I really do love my sister. Especially when she's nice.”

“They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.”

“I would give someone a record so they could love the record, not so they would always know that I gave it to them.”

“You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.”

“the juniors were acting different because they are now the seniors. They even had T-shirts made. I don't know who plans these things.”

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

“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.”

“Sam dropped me off. When she was too far away to see me, I started to cry again. Because she was my friend again. And that was enough for me.”

“Why would I care whether or not he loved me when he didn't even really know me?”

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

“As you see the opening get closer, you just can't get fast enough. And finally, just when you think you'll never get there, you see the opening right in front of you.”

“The perfect song on the perfect drive to make you feel infinite.”

“Love pats are soft punches of encouragement that are admistered on the knee, shoulder, and arm.”

“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.”

“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. I think that would be nice.”

“More like the movie where the guy meets a smart girl who wears a lot of sweaters and drinks cocoa. They talk about books and issues and kiss in the rain.”

“Maybe it's good to put things in perspective, but sometimes, I think that the only perspective is to really be there. Like Sam said. Because it's okay to feel things. And be who you are about them.”

“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.”

“So, I heard you're this ninja or something.”

“The fights are always the same”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“So what's the point of using words nobody else knows or can say comfortably? I just don't understand that.”

“He said it was the kind of book you made your own.”

“It's like looking at all the students and wondering who's had their heart broken that day, and how they are able to cope with having three quizzes and a book report on top of that.”

“I'm not saying she was lying to me, but she just acted so different before I got to know her, and if she really isn't like what she was at the beginning, I wish she could have just said so.”

“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.”