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I don't even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere.
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Patrick started running after the sunset. And Sam immediately followed him. And I saw them in silhouette. Running after the sun.
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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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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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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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I just laid around in my bed, looking at the ceiling, and i smiled because it was a nice kind of quiet.
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Girls like guys to be a challenge. It gives them some mold to fit in how they act. Like a mom. What would a mom do if she couldn't fuss over you and make you clean your room? And what would you do without her fussing and making you do it? Everyone needs a mom. And a mom knowns this. And it gives her a sense of purpose. You get it?
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Even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.
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And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain, and that didn't matter.
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Was very fun to be around. She liked movies, and her brother Frank made her tapes of this great music that she shared with us. But over the summer she had her braces taken off, and she got a little taller and prettier and grew breasts. Now, she acts a lot dumber in the hallways, especially when boys are around. And I think it's sad because Susan doesn't look as happy.
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Asleep by the Smiths Vapour Trail by Ride Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum Dear Prudence by the Beatles Gypsy by Suzanne Vega Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues Daydream by Smashing Pumpkins Dusk by Genesis (before Phil Collins was even in the band!) MLK by U2 Blackbird by the Beatles Landslide by Fleetwood Mac Asleep by the Smiths (again!) -Charlie's mixtape
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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.
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It was the kind of kiss that made me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.
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I think they were afraid that some of us would try to kill ourselves or something because they looked very tense and one of them kept touching his beard.
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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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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.
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Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.
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Do you always think this much, Charlie?" "Is that bad?" "Not necessarily. It's just that sometimes people use thought to not participate in life." "Is that bad?" "Yes.
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I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and doesn't try to sleep with someone even if they could have. I need to know these people exist.
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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.
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Deep down...she's a good woman...you should be proud of her." When I told my mom about this, she just looked very sad because he could never say those things to her. Not ever. Not even when he walked her down the aisle.
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The thing is, some girls think they can actually change guys. And what's funny is that if they actually did change them, they'd get bored. They'd have no challenge left. You just have to give girls some time to think of a new way of doing things, that's all. Some of them will figure it out here. Some later. Some never. I wouldn't worry about it too much.
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The sound of the radio fades to nothing because the waves just can't reach
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I don't know what's wrong with me. It's like all I can do is keep writing this gibberish to keep from breaking apart.
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I was in the shopping mall because that's where I go lately. For the last couple of weeks, I've been going there every day, trying to figure out why people go there. It's kind of a personal project.
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True, the initial ideas are in general those of an individual, but the establishment of the reality and truth is in general the work of more than one person.
Willard Libby
Stephen Chbosky
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Born:
January 25, 1970
(age 54)
Known for:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Allegiant (2016)
Into the Rainbow (2017)
The Four Corners of Nowhere (1995)
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