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Stephen Leacock

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STEPHEN CHBOSKY I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY It's much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't sto...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. An...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain,...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY We didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough
STEPHEN CHBOSKY He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Enjoy it. Because it's happening.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY This moment will just be another story someday.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY It's just that I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the re...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each othe...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines
he wrote a poem
And he called it "Chops"...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I would die for you. But I won't live for you.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I think computer viruses should count as life ... I think it says something about human nature that ...
STEPHEN HAWKING And I thought about how many people have loved those songs. And how many people got through a lot of...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Language is my whore, my mistress, my wife, my pen-friend, my check-out girl. Language is a complime...
STEPHEN FRY