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Movies, by nature, are not subjective, they're objective.

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Stephen Chbosky
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 25
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
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I don't even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere.
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but my dad said it was no excuse. But I love him! I had never seen my sister cry that much. No, you don't. I hate you! No, you don't. My dad can be very calm sometimes. He's my whole world. Don't ever say that about anyone again. Not even me. That was my mom.
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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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I just think it's bad when a boy looks at a girl and thinks that the way he sees her is better than she actually is. And I think it's bad when the most honest way a boy can look at a girl is through a camera.
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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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Craig said the problem with things is that everyone is always comparing everyone with everyone
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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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The sound of the radio fades to nothing because the waves just can't reach
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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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Charlie, you’re one of the most gifted people I’ve ever known. And I don’t mean in terms of my other students. I mean in terms of anyone I’ve ever met.
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I really do love my sister. Especially when she's nice.
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I know that I brought this all on myself. I know that I deserve this. I'd do anything not to be this way. I'd do anything to make it up to everyone. And to not have to see a psychiatrist, who explains to me about being passive aggressive.
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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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I look at people holdings hands in the hallways, and I try to think how it all works. At the school dances, I sit in the background, and I tap my toe, and I wonder how many couples will dance to ‘their song.’ In the hallways, I see the girls wearing the guys’ jackets, and I think about the idea of property. And I wonder if anyone is really happy.
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It's strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that's kind of how it felt.
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I was in the shopping mall because that's where I go lately. For the last couple of weeks, I've been going there every day, trying to figure out why people go there. It's kind of a personal project.
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