“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

Last update Oct. 15, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other." by Stephen Chbosky?

Stephen Chbosky 163

American writer 1970

Related quotes

“You always feel like you are the only one in the world, like everyone else is crazy for each other, but it's not true. Generally, people don't like each other very much. And that goes for friends, too.”

Miranda July (1974) American performance artist, musician and writer

Source: No One Belongs Here More Than You

“Do you even really know how vampires are made?'
'Well, when a mommy vampire and a daddy vampire love each other very much…”

Cassandra Clare book City of Fallen Angels

Simon, pg. 8
Variant: Well, when a mommy vampire and a daddy vampire love each other very much...
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Fallen Angels (2011)

“It is very well to say "be prudent, be careful, try to know each other." But how are you to know each other?”

Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing

Cassandra (1860)
Context: It is very well to say "be prudent, be careful, try to know each other." But how are you to know each other?
Unless a woman had lost all pride, how is it possible for her, under the eyes of all her family, to indulge in long exclusive conversations with a man? "Such a thing" must not take place till after her "engagement." And how is she to make an engagement, if "such a thing" has not taken place?

“You and your sister are very dear to each other. To show your regard, you give each other lovely bouquets of lies.”

Holly Black book The Darkest Part of the Forest

Source: The Darkest Part of the Forest

“Let’s always love each other, and never be in love with each other.”

David Levithan book Every You, Every Me

Source: Every You, Every Me

“As a filmmaker, I really am most interested in humans and their deep desire to connect to each other. How do they get through their own lives? Where have I come and where am I now? And where do I want to go from here? It’s all of those humanistic questions.”

Lynn Shelton (1965–2020) American film director, screenwriter, film editor, actress and film producer (1965-2020)

Cinema76 - Interview with Sword of Trust Director Lynn Shelton - 16 July 2019 https://www.cinema76.com/home/2019/7/16/interview-with-sword-of-trust-director-lynn-shelton - Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20210727191014/https://www.cinema76.com/home/2019/7/16/interview-with-sword-of-trust-director-lynn-shelton