Stephen Chbosky

There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.

I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.

Why do I and everyone I love pick people who treat us like we're nothing"; We accept the love we think we deserve,

I hate you. I love you. You're a freak, you know that? Everyone says so. They always have.I'm trying not to be.

I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and doesn't try to sleep with someone even if they could have. I need to know these people exist.

What about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms?

But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things.

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.

I would die for you. But I won't live for you.

It’s strange how things can change back as suddenly as they changed originally. When one thing happens and suddenly, things are back to normal.

So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.

We accept the love we think we deserve.

On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain got tired, so I decided to watch some television instead.

I feel like a big faker because I've been putting my life back together, and nobody knows.

please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And i will always believe the same about you.

I just hope I remember to tell my kids that they are as happy as I look in my old photographs. And I hope that they believe me.

I was in my bed trying to figure out why sometimes you can wake up and go back to sleep and other times you can't

Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.