Stephen Chbosky - Time Quotes

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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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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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Standing on the fringes of life... offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor.

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I sat down and tried to write a story. "Ian MacArthur is a wonderful sweet fellow who wears glasses and peers out of them with delight." That was the first sentence. The problem was that I just couldn't think of the next one. After cleaning my room three times, I decided to leave Ian alone for a while because I was starting to get mad at him.

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I love my mom. And this time, I told her I loved her. And she told me she loved me, too. And things were okay for a little while.

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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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And for the first time in my life I understand the end of that poem. And I never wanted to. You have to believe me.

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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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After a few minutes, it was time for me to leave. I don't know who decides these things. It just happens.

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I used to listen to it all the time when I was little and thinking about grown-up things. I would go to my bedroom window and stare at my reflection in the glass and the trees behind it and just listen to the song for hours. I decided then that when I met someone I thought was as beautiful as the song, I should give it to that person. And I didn't mean beautiful on the outside. I meant beautiful in all ways.

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