Imaginary Friend Quotes

“We can swallow our fear or let our fear swallow us.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“Adults are bad at remembering how powerful they can be because somewhere along the line, they were shamed for their imagination.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“Some people's fake is more honest than other people's real.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“Never mistake being nice for being weak.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“But I’m not afraid anymore because heaven and hell are not destinations. They are decisions.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“Everyone gets an ending. Whether or not it’s happy is up to them.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“Fear is not fear. It is excitement afraid of its own light.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“Even monsters are adorable when they're little.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“The candle flickered in the wind of the hurricane... Then, the light of one hundred billion stars burned out.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“He saw a baby elephant tied to a post with a steel chain. The baby ripped and scratched and tried to get free, but the chain wouldn't break. Then, he saw a grown elephant tied to a post with nothing but a little piece of rope. He asked his mother how the little piece of rope held the big elephant in place. She explained they chain the babies until they give up.

The elephants think that little piece of rope is still a chain.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“You have to live your life before you get to live your Heaven.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“Jesus, I am a sinner. I am vain. I am narcissistic. And my biggest sin was that I have been so afraid of You that I never really loved You until this moment. But I’m not afraid anymore because heaven and hell are not destinations. They are decisions.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“As long as she had that light, there would always be a chance.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“The shadows were not terrifying. They were the proof that light exists. The fire and brimstone were all a mirage. The clouds nothing but steam inside a bathroom. All he needed to do was wipe away the mirror. He didn't need a key. He was the key.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“She wanted her son to be smart enough to get out of this nightmare, but not smart enough to know that he was actually inside one.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“Un abrazo, una sonrisa, una palabra amable: todos tienen un potencial de cambiar una vida por completo”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“The power of God was not omniscience. The power of God was not omnipotence. The power of God was love.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“Kate Reese shivered when she realized the sad truth: Even monsters are adorable when they are little.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“If you fail at your job, you do not blame some outside force. You look right in the mirror and take responsibility. That was the problem with the world. No one took responsibility.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“What are the two types of people who can see things that aren’t there, Kate? And his quiet whisper of a punch line. Visionaries and psychopaths.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“She thought she was getting a sympathetic ear. What she was actually doing was giving the next bastard a trail of bread crumbs as to how much shit she was willing to put up with for what grief convinced her was love.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“Everyone gets an ending. Whether or not it's happy is up to them.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“we can swallow our fear or let our fear swallow us”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“But you have to hear the end of the story - you have to know the wolf doesn't win.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“And when he was lying in the ground next to her, her photographs would be thrown in the trash because her face wouldn’t mean anything to anyone else. He was the last person alive who knew her and loved her.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“Les enseñaba a los niños a leer y amar los libros...”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“No todas las heridas dejan huella”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“cuando llegue el momento, va a romper el cristal entre el mundo imaginario y el tuyo. Y solo sobrevivira un mundo”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“Sin el, tu mundo está condenado”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“Pero el siempre se esforzo y terminó por convertirse en una gran lector”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend