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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
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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.
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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. Maybe that is what makes people participate.
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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.
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I know that things get worse before they get better because that’s what my psychiatrist says, but this is a worse that feels too big.
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Do you enjoy holidays with your family? I don't mean your mom and dad family, but your uncle and aunt and cousin family? Personally, I do. There are several reasons for this. First, I am very interested and fascinated by how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other. Second, the fights are always the same.
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It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.
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It's too bad you're not gay. Then again, if you were gay, I would never date you. You're a mess. You know, Patrick? If I were gay, I'd want to date you. Of course.
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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.
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I don't think we should base so much on weight, muscles, and a good hair day, but when it happens, it's nice. It really is.
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The inside jokes weren't jokes anymore. They had become stories. Nobody brought up the bad names or the bad times. And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia.
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There are other people who have it a lot worse
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Everyone else is either asleep or having sex. I’ve been watching cable television and eating jello.
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Maybe these are my glory days, and I'm not ever realizing it because they involve a ball.
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The truth is, when it gets really quiet, when the silence gets too loud, i really start to miss everyone.
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As people get older, we all know, you get married and you have a child and that becomes your family, but when you're 16 years old, especially, your family is your friends.
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They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.
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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.
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But in that moment when my brother took the field, all that washed away, and everyone was proud... I looked up at my dad, and he was smiling. I looked at my mom, and she was smiling even though she was nervous about my brother getting hurt, which was strange because it was a VCR tape of an old game, and she knew he didn't get hurt.
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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.
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Do you always think this much? It's just that sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.
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