Charlie Chbosky Quotes

#1. I was just trying to be a friend,' I said. 'But you weren't, Charlie. At those times, you weren't being his friend at all. Because you weren't honest with him.

Stephen Chbosky

#2. Each man has his fancy.

Aulus Persius Flaccus

#3. 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.

Stephen Chbosky

#4. life not lived for others is not a life.

Blago Kirov

#5. I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think everyone is special in their own way. I really do.

Stephen Chbosky

#6. I feel infinite"
- Charlie

Stephen Chbosky

#7. Are you okay?"
"Leave me alone, Charlie."
"No, really. What's wrong?"
"You wouldn't understand."
"I could try."
"That's a laugh. That's really a laugh."
"Do you want me to wake up Mom and Dad then?"
"No."
"Well, maybe they could -"
"CHARLIE! SHUT UP! OKAY?! JUST SHUT UP!

Stephen Chbosky

#8. Governor Romney has paid 100 percent of his taxes that are owed. He has complied 100 percent with what the law requires.

Jason Chaffetz

#9. Is that you, Charlie?"
"Sam's making me a milkshake.

Stephen Chbosky

#10. Incidentally, I only have one cavity, and as much as my dentist asks me to, I just can't bring myself to floss.

Stephen Chbosky

#11. I wish I knew. It might make me miss him more clearly. It might have made sad sense.

Stephen Chbosky

#12. He's a wallflower.

Stephen Chbosky

#13. My parents went to Ohio to see a very distant cousin get buried or married. I don't remember which.

Stephen Chbosky

#14. It's nice to have things to look forward to.

Stephen Chbosky

#15. Charlie?'
'Uh-huh?'
'Do you like me?'
'Uh-huh.'
'You know what I mean?'
'Uh-huh.'
'Are you nervous?'
'Uh-huh.'
'Don't be nervous.'
'Okay.

Stephen Chbosky

#16. I want to minimize the number of
deaths I am responsible for,

John Green

#17. Not everyone has a sob story, Charlie, and even if they do, it's no excuse.

Stephen Chbosky

#18. 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.

Stephen Chbosky

#19. I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my face. Not caring if I saw downtown. Not even thinking about it. Because I was standing in the tunnel. And I was really there. And that was enough to make me feel infinite.

Stephen Chbosky

#20. Sam dropped me off. When she was too far away to see me, I started to cry again. Because she was my friend again. And that was enough for me.

Stephen Chbosky

#21. Do you always think this much, Charlie?" "Is that bad?" "Not necessarily. It's just that sometimes people use thought to not participate in life." "Is that bad?" "Yes.

Stephen Chbosky

#22. Little kids talk about the strangest things. They really do.

Stephen Chbosky

#23. Love always, Charlie

Stephen Chbosky

#24. I felt a lot of ambivalence about going back to graduate school for a second MFA. The impulse was really the opposite from what it had been more than a decade before: I wanted to interrupt a career.

Garth Greenwell

#25. You ever think Charlie, that our group is the same as any other group like a football team? And the only real difference between us is what we wear and why we wear it?

Stephen Chbosky

#26. The good news is that I read the book, and because of its fantasy nature, I could not pretend that I was in the book. That way I could participate and still read.

Stephen Chbosky