01UndatedIt was the look on her face when she said it. And how much she meant it. It suddenly made everything seem like it really was. I felt terrible. Just terrible.Stephen Chbosky / quote ↗
02UndatedI feel great! I really mean it. I have to remember this for the next time I’m having a terrible week. Have you ever done that? You feel really bad, and then it goes away, and you don’t know why. I try to remind myself when I feel great like this that there will be another terrible week coming someday, so I should store up as many great details as I can, so during the next terrible week, I can remember those details and believe that I’ll feel great again. It doesn’t work a lot, but I think it’s very important to try.Stephen Chbosky / quote ↗
04UndatedI don't want to be just another thing mary elizabeth is in charge ofStephen Chbosky / quote ↗
07UndatedAnd I think they knew. Not anything specific really. They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.Stephen Chbosky / quote ↗
08UndatedI don't remember where we were walking to or where we were walking from. I don't even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere.Stephen Chbosky / quote ↗
09UndatedOn that piece of white paper, Sam wrote, "Write about me sometime." And I typed back to her, standing right there in her bedroom. I just typed. "I will."And I felt good that those were the first two words that I ever typed on my new old typewriter that Sam gave me. We just sat there quiet for a moment, and she smiled. And I moved to the typewriter again, and I wrote something. "I love you too.Stephen Chbosky / quote ↗
10UndatedI know we didn't accomplish anything, but it felt great to sit there and talk about our place in things.Stephen Chbosky / quote ↗
11UndatedShe also keeps talking about the Billie Holiday record she bought for me. And she says she wants to expose me to all these great things. And to tell you the truth, I don't really want to be exposed to all these great things if it means that I'll have to listen to Mary Elizabeth talk about all the great things she exposed me to all the time. It almost feels like of the three things involved: Mary Elizabeth, me, and the great things, only the first one matters to Mary Elizabeth. I don't understand that. I would give someone a record so they could love the record, not so they would always know that I gave it to them.Stephen Chbosky / quote ↗
12UndatedMy sister said Mary Elizabeth is suffering from low self-esteem, but I told her that she said the same thing about Sam back in November when she started dating Craig, and Sam is completely different. Everything can't be low self-esteem, can it? My sister tried to clarify things. She said that by introducing me to all these great things, Mary Elizabeth gained a "superior position" that she wouldn't need if she was confident about herself. She also said that people who try to control situations all the time are afraid that if they don't, nothing will work out the way they want.Stephen Chbosky / quote ↗
13UndatedThat 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.Stephen Chbosky / quote ↗
14UndatedShe even told me how to treat a girl on a date, which was very interesting. She said that with a girl like Mary Elizabeth, you shouldn't tell her she looks pretty. You should tell her how nice her outfit is because her outfit is her choice whereas her face isn't. She also said that with some girls, you should do things like open car doors and buy flowers, but with Mary Elizabeth (especially since it's the Sadie Hawkins' dance), I shouldn't do that. So, I asked her what I should do, and she said that I should ask a lot of questions and not mind when Mary Elizabeth doesn't stop talking. I said that it didn't sound very democratic, but Sam said she does it all the time with boys.Stephen Chbosky / quote ↗
15UndatedThings get worse before they get better, but this is a worse that feels too big.Stephen Chbosky / quote ↗
16UndatedIt is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book.Stephen Chbosky / quote ↗
17UndatedAnd she kissed me. It was the kind of kiss that I could never tell my friends about out loud. It was the kind of kiss that made me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.Stephen Chbosky / quote ↗
18UndatedWhat's the point of using words nobody knows or can say comfortably?Stephen Chbosky / quote ↗
19UndatedI am both happy and sad at the same time, and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.Stephen Chbosky / quote ↗
21UndatedI just wish that God or my parents or Sam or my sister or someone would just tell me what's wrong with me. Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.Stephen Chbosky / quote ↗
22UndatedAnd she says she wants to expose me to all these great things. And to tell you the truth, I don't really want to be exposed to all these great things if it means that I'll have to hear Mary Elizabeth talk about all the great things she exposed me to all the time. I don't understand that. I would give someone a record so they could love the record, not so they would always know that I gave it to them.Stephen Chbosky / quote ↗
23UndatedI know I should have been grateful because it was a very nice thing to do. But I wasn't grateful. I wasn't grateful at all. Don't get me wrong. I acted like I was. But I wasn't. To tell you the truth, I was starting to get mad.Stephen Chbosky / quote ↗
24UndatedI thought if I didnt take a break, I would do something even worse. Like yell or hang up the phone.Stephen Chbosky / quote ↗
