609 Quotes by Stephen Chbosky

And she looked at me like she couldn’t believe I knew she loved Anne Rice. I guess he didn’t know how much she talked or how much I listened.

I just reminded myself that she didn’t say it mean. She wasn’t making fun of me. She wasn’t comparing. Or criticizing.

And I made Aunt Helen a promise to only cry about important things because I would hate to think that crying as much as I do would make crying for Aunt Helen less than it is.

My dad said I did the right thing. I hope I did, but it’s hard to tell sometimes.

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

Please don’t take this the wrong way. I’m not trying to make you feel uncomfortable. 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.

At some point, you just pull of the Band-Aid and it hurts, but then its over and you’re relieved.

The saddest people smile the brightest.

Even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.