Stephen Chbosky Quotes - Page 9

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• The fact that one of these ladies was my mom made me particularly sad because my mom is beautiful. And she’s always on a diet. Sometimes, my dad calls her beautiful, but she cannot hear him.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Beautiful, Mom, Dad

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

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• They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Thinking, Perks Of A Wallflower, Perks

  Stephen Chbosky (2012). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, p.66, Simon and Schuster

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• It’s much easier not to know things sometimes. And to have french fries with your mom be enough.

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  Mom, Sometimes, Enough

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.138, Simon and Schuster

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• But at one point, Craig was talking about something, and Sam turned to me and smiled. It was a movie smile in slow motion, and then everything was okay.

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  Talking, Slow Motion, Okay

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.104, Simon and Schuster

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• It is important to say "sir" at these moments. And if they ever call you by your first-middle-last name, you better watch out. I'm telling you.

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  Names, Important, Watches

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.84, Simon and Schuster

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• But Mary Elizabeth felt different. She kept saying it was an "articulate" film. So "articulate." And I guess it was. The thing is, I didn't know what it said even if it said it very well.

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  Different, Film, Said

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.121, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm not saying she was lying to me, but she just acted so different before I got to know her, and if she really isn't like what she was at the beginning, I wish she could have just said so.

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  Lying, Wish, Different

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.126, Simon and Schuster

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• the juniors were acting different because they are now the seniors. They even had T-shirts made. I don't know who plans these things.

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  Senior, Acting, Different

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.164, Simon and Schuster

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• Sam screamed the fun scream, and there it was. Downtown lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. Sam sat down and started laughing. Patrick started laughing. I started laughing. and in that moment, I swear we were infinite.

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  Fun, Light, Laughing

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.44, Simon and Schuster

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• I guess I'm pretty emotional.

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  Emotional

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

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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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  Football, Party, Boys

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• So, I heard you're this ninja or something.

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  Ninja, Heard

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.146, Simon and Schuster

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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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  Girl, Song, Couple

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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• Maybe these are my glory days, and I'm not ever realizing it because they involve a ball.

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  Balls, Realizing, Glory

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• I have decided that maybe I want to write when I grow up. I just don't know what I would write.

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  Growing Up, Writing, Want

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.50, Simon and Schuster

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• And we could all sit around and wonder and feel bad about each other and blame a lot of people for what they did or didn’t do or what they didn’t know. I don’t know. I guess there would always be someone to blame.

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  People, Blame, Wonder

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.199, Simon and Schuster

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• When you think back to your first kiss, your hair is perfect and she was wearing a cool outfit. We remember it with restraint and we remember it with style. We remember it as idealistically as you can think.

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  Kissing, Thinking, Hair

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Welcome to the island of misfit toys.

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  Islands, Toys, Welcome

  "Interview with Writer and Director Stephen Chbosky “The Perks of Being a Wallflower". Interview with Sarah Knight Adamson, www.sarahsbackstagepass.com. August 27, 2012.

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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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  Baby, My Sister, Laughed

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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• Do you think if people knew how crazy you really were, no one would ever talk to you?

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  Crazy, Thinking, People

  "The Perks of Being a Wallflower". www.imdb.com. 2012.

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• Nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia.

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  Long, Nostalgia, Tomorrow

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.187, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Love, Perks Of A Wallflower, Dies

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.161, Simon and Schuster

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• When I did a study of all the coming-of-age movies that meant a lot to me, whether it was 'The Graduate' or 'Rebel Without a Cause' or 'Dead Poet's Society,' they all had that timeless feel. None of them were completely married to the details of their age. They felt timeless in their treatment of it. That's what made them resonate with me.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Age, Rebel, Details

  "Stephen Chbosky talks “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, Blu-ray extras, and his favorite teen films". Interview with Scott Neumyer, www.ifc.com. February 13, 2012.

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• And how different her face looked the first time she really liked a boy who was not on a poster on her wall. And how her face looked when she realized she was in love with that boy.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Wall, Boys, Different

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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• "I hate you." My sister said it different than she said it to my dad. She meant it with me.She really did. "I love you," was all I could say in return. "You're a freak, you know that? Everyone says so. They always have." "I'm trying not to be.” Then, I turned around and walked to my room and closed my door and put my head under my pillow and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be.

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  Dad, Hate, Love You

  "The Perks of Being a Wallflower". Book by Stephen Chbosky, February 1, 1999.

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