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The truth is, when it gets really quiet, when the silence gets too loud, i really start to miss everyone.

Stephen Chbosky

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Stephen Chbosky
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 25
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Really
Miss
Missing
Quiet
Gets
Silence
Start
Everyone
Truth
Loud

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