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Sam and Patrick looked at me. And I looked at them. And I think they knew. Not anything specific really. They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.
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friendship
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Stephen Chbosky |
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I wanted to laugh. Or maybe get mad. Or maybe shrug at how strange everyone was, especially me.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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What about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms?
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romance
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Stephen Chbosky |
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The inside jokes weren't jokes anymore. They had become stories. Nobody brought up the bad names or the bad times. And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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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.
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inspirational
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Stephen Chbosky |
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I don't know how much longer I can keep going without a friend. I used to be able to do it very easily, but that was before I knew what having a friend was like.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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I just don't want you to worry about me, or think you've met me, or waste your time anymore.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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Not everyone has a sob story, Charlie, and even if they do, it's no excuse.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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What's your favorite book? "The last one I read."
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Stephen Chbosky |
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It's strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that's kind of how it felt.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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there is this one photograph... that is just beautiful. it would be impossible to describe how beautiful it is, but i'll try. if you listen to the song "asleep," and you think about those pretty weather days that make you remember things, and you think about the prettiest eyes you've known, and you cry and the person holds you back, then i think you will see the photograph. "
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Stephen Chbosky |
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He's my whole world." "Don't ever say that about anyone again. Not even me."
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Stephen Chbosky |
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It's like when you're excited about a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel so happy for them. And other times you see the same couple, and they make you so mad. And all you want is to feel happy for them because you know that if you do, then it means you're happy, too.
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yearning
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Stephen Chbosky |
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I'm so sorry that I wasted your time because you really do mean a lot to me and I hope you have a very nice life because I really think you deserve it. I really do. I hope you do, too. Okay, then. Goodbye.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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I was looking at the photographs and I started thinking that there was a time when these weren't memories.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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Patrick actually used to be popular before Sam bought him some good music.
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music
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Stephen Chbosky |
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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.
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romance
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Stephen Chbosky |
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And I thought that all those little kids are going to grow up someday. And all of those little kids are going to do the things that we do. And they will all kiss someone someday. But for now, sledding is enough. I think it would be great if sledding were always enough, but it isn't.
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humor
inspirational
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Stephen Chbosky |
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I don't know if I will have the time to write any more letters, because I might be too busy trying to participate. So, if this does end up being the last letter, I just want you to know that I was in a bad place before I started high school, and you helped me. Even if you didn't know what I was talking about, or know someone who's gone through it, you made me not feel alone. Because I know there are people who say all these things don't hap..
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thoughtful
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Stephen Chbosky |
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And I closed my eyes because I wanted to know nothing but her arms.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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It's great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms or something like that? You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things.
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self-fulfillment
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Stephen Chbosky |
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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."
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unconditional
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I hate you.
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inspirational
unconditional
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Stephen Chbosky |
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It's like he would take a photograph of Sam, and the photograph would be beautiful. And he would think that the reason the photograph was beautiful was because of how he took it. If I took it, I would know that the only reason it's beautiful is because of Sam.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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people who try to control situations all the time are afraid that if they don't, nothing will work out the way they want.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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Have you ever done that? You feel really bad, and then it goes away, and you don't know why.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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Sometimes, I look outside, and I think that a lot of other people have seen this snow before. Just like I think that a lot of other people have read those books before. And listened to those songs. I wonder how they feel tonight.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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I think it was the first time in my life I ever felt like I looked "good". Do you know what I mean? That nice feeling when you look in the mirror, and your hair's right for the first time in your life? I don't think we should base so much on weight, muscles, and a good hair day, but when it happens, it's nice. It really is."
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Stephen Chbosky |
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I have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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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.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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Why do I and everyone I love pick people who treat us like we're nothing"; - "We accept the love we think we deserve,"
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Stephen Chbosky |
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As much as I feel sad, I think that not knowing is what really bothers me.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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I really think that everyone should have watercolors, magnetic poetry, and a harmonica.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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It's like when my doctor told me the story of these two brothers whose dad was a bad alcoholic. One brother grew up to be a successful carpenter and never drank. The other brother ended up being a drinker as bad as his dad was. When they asked the first brother why he didn't drink, he said that after he saw what it did to his father, he could never bring himself to even try it. When they asked the other brother, he said that he guessed he l..
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Stephen Chbosky |
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It's kind of like when you look at yourself in the mirror and you say your name. And it gets to a point where none of it seems real. Well, sometimes I can do that, but I don't need an hour in front of a mirror. It just happens very fast, and things start to slip away. And I just open my eyes, and I see nothing. And then I start to breathe really hard trying to see something, but I can't. It doesn't happen all the time, but when it does, it ..
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Stephen Chbosky |
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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
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Stephen Chbosky |
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To tell you the truth, I've just been avoiding everything.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain got tired, so I decided to watch some television instead.
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television
reading
funny
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Personally, I like to think my brother is having a college experience like they do in the movies. I don't mean the big fraternity party kind of movie. More like the movie where the guy meets a smart girl who wears a lot of sweaters and drinks cocoa. They talk about books and issues and kiss in the rain. I think something like that would be very good for him, especially if the girl were unconventionally beautiful. They are the best kind of g..
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Stephen Chbosky |
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You know . . . a lot of kids at school hate their parents. Some of them got hit. And some of them got caught in the middle of wrong lives. Some of them were trophies for their parents to show the neighbors like ribbons or gold stars. And some of them just wanted to drink in peace.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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I can't think again. Not ever again. I don't know if you've ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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I feel like a big faker because I've been putting my life back together, and nobody knows.
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life
pieces
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Stephen Chbosky |
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You take girls, for example. They're copying their moms and magazines and everything to know how to act around guys. I mean it's not like in movies where girls like assholes or anything like that. It's not that easy. They just like somebody that can give them purpose.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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Old pictures look very rugged and young, and the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are.
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Stephen Chbosky |