Bill Konigsberg famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

And perhaps the best answer is not to tolerate differences, not even to accept them. But to celebrate them. Maybe then those who are different would feel more loved, and less, well, tolerated.
-- Bill Konigsberg

#Differences #Different #Answers
The world needs people who are more comfortable standing still. We keep the earth on it axis when everybody else is bouncing around.
-- Bill Konigsberg

#Life #Axes #People
It needs to be said that sometimes my mom forgets important details when she talks. Like the time she told us she was considering leather (couches, it turns out), or when I was little and she said, "Here's a napkin to put your balls in" (the Atomic Fireballs that I was eating, she meant).
-- Bill Konigsberg

#Mom #Important #Napkins
Guilt is about something you do. Shame is about who you are.
-- Bill Konigsberg

#Guilt #Shame #Who You Are
Wouldn't it be nice if we lived in a world where no one thought being gay was even something to ride someone about?
-- Bill Konigsberg

#Nice #Gay #World
Straight people have it so much easier. They donâ€™t understand. They canâ€™t. Thereâ€™s no such thing as openly straight.
-- Bill Konigsberg

#People #Easier
You can be anything you want, but when you go against who you are inside, it doesn't feel good.
-- Bill Konigsberg

#Feel Good #Want #Feels
The hole in my heart, I canâ€™t even begin to describe. Itâ€™s hard when you open your heart and let someone in and then suddenly theyâ€™re not in it anymore. It doesnâ€™t matter whose fault it is; that empty spot stings so bad that you want to find any kind of relief, or wrap yourself up so tight you canâ€™t feel it anymore. I knew it might be there a little while. Or maybe even a long while. For both of us.
-- Bill Konigsberg

#Heart #Long #Relief
Do you know how you get the urge to clean your room, and itâ€™s no big deal? But when your mom tells you that you have to clean your room, you don't want to? That's me, anyway.
-- Bill Konigsberg

#Mom #Want #Rooms
Having no room of my own to "take care of things" had begun to weigh on me. I wondered if storing up ***** would have a health impact on me, positive or negative, like shinier hair or weight gain.
-- Bill Konigsberg

#Impact #Hair #Negative

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