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

Stephen Chbosky

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Stephen Chbosky
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 25
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Perks
Sense
Tell
Makes
Different
Way

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I don't know if you've ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for thousands of years. Or just not exist.
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This moment will just be another story someday.
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Why would I care whether or not he loved me when he didn't even really know me?
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I can see it. This one moment when you know you’re not a sad story. You’re alive. And you stand up and see the lights and the buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And you’re listening to that song in that drive with the people you love most in this world. And in this moment I swear… we are infinite.
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I am really in love with Sam, and it hurts very much.
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Do you know what 'masturbation' is? I think you probably do because you are older than me. But just in case, I will tell you. Masturbation is when you rub your genitals until you have an orgasm. Wow!
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Maybe he didn’t really encourage me to do things, but he didn’t prevent me from doing them either. But after a while, I didn’t do things because I didn’t want him to think different about me. But the thing is, I wasn’t being honest. So, why would I care whether or not he loved me when he didn’t really even know me?
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Enjoy it. Because it's happening.
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That was always my hope that that is exactly what I would do. It was always part of the dream of this story - to write the novel and then direct the movie.
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