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I don't know if it's better to be close with your daughter or make sure that she has a better life than you do.
Stephen Chbosky
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Stephen Chbosky
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 25
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I just wish that God or my parents or Sam or my sister or someone would just tell me what's wrong with me. Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense. To make this all go away.
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And I could see this boy doing his homework and thinking about my sister naked. And I could see them holding hands at football games that they do not watch. And I could see this boy throwing up in the bushes at a party house. And I could see my sister putting up with it. And I felt very bad for both of them.
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I wasn't raised very religiously because my parents went to Catholic school, but I do believe in God very much. I just never gave God a name, if you know what I mean. I hope I haven't let Him down regardless.
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But right now I’m here with you. And I want to know where you are, what you need, and what you want to do.
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He's a wallflower. And Bob nodded his head. And the whole room nodded their head. And i started to feel nervous in the Bob way, but Patrick didn't let me get too nervous. He sat down next to me. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.
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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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Girls are weird, and I don't mean that offensively. I just can't put it any other way.
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