Stephen Chbosky Quotes

“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.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have. Good and bad.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“It's nice to have things to look forward to.”
― Stephen Chbosky , The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial that advertised an exercise machine. They kept flashing a 1-800 number, so I called it. The woman who picked up the other end of the phone was named Michelle. And I told Michelle that I was a kid and did not need an exercise machine, but I hoped she was having a good night.
That's when Michelle hung up on me. And I didn't mind a bit.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Las cosas cambian. Y los amigos se van. Y la vida no se detiene para nadie.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“No hay nada como respirar hondo después de reírte tanto. Nada en el mundo como el dolor de estómago por una buena causa.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“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, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“He said it was the kind of book you made your own.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

“The only perspective is to really be there.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I am below average!”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I thought about him going into my mom's when she was little and hitting my mom and holding up her report card and saying that her bad grades would never happen again. And I think now that maybe he meant my older brother. Or my sister. Or me. That he would make sure that he was the last one to work in a mill.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I thought about him going into my mom's room when she as little and holding up her report card and saying that her bad grades would never happen again. And I think now that maybe he meant my older brother. Or my sister. Or me. That he would make sure that he was the last one to work in a mill.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“In the words of author Stephen Chbosky: "Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight.”
― Amanda Jones, That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America