Stephen Chbosky, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

Quotes

• “I sat down and tried to write a story."Ian MacArthur is a wonderful sweet fellow who wears glasses and peers out of them...”
• “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 sh...”
• “I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just no...”
• “And all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the songs you've loved have been heard by other pe...”
• “I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in China or anything li...”
• “And I thought that all those little kids are going to grow up someday. And all of those little kids are going to do the ...”
• “So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have th...”
• “It's just that I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they...”
• “As you see the opening get closer, you just can't get fast enough. And finally, just when you think you'll never get the...”
• “I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and doesn't try to sleep with someone even if they co...”
• “please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And i will always beli...”
• “It’s strange how things can change back as suddenly as they changed originally. When one thing happens and suddenly, thi...”
• “But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from we can still choose where we go from there. We can stil...”
• “I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that I don’t know if anyone els...”
• “I just hope I remember to tell my kids that they are as happy as I look in my old photographs. And I hope that they beli...”
• “So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that cou...”
• “And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain, and that didn't mat...”
• “There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reaso...”
• “I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.”
• “Why do I and everyone I love pick people who treat us like we're nothing"; - "We accept the love we think we deserve,”
• “On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain got tired, so I decided to watch some television instead.”
• “It's much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody.”
• “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”
• “I hate you."I love you."You're a freak, you know that? Everyone says so. They always have."I'm trying not to be.”
• “She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just takes time.”
• “I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.”
• “I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
• “We didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough”
• “I feel like a big faker because I've been putting my life back together, and nobody knows.”
• “It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.”
• “It was the kind of kiss that mademe know that I was never so happy in my whole life.”
• “He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.”
• “What about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms?”
• “Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.”
• “Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.”
• “This moment will just be another story someday.”
• “I would die for you. But I won't live for you.”
• “And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”
• “It's nice to have things to look forward to.”
• “We accept the love we think we deserve.”
• “Enjoy it. Because it's happening.”
• “I feel infinite.”