Stephen Chbosky, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower Quotes

There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.

We accept the love we think we deserve.

please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And i will always believe the same about you.

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 could be.

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 else ever has.

I would die for you. But I won't live for you.

If you care about somebody, you should want them to be happy. Even if you wind up being left out.

I wanted to laugh. Or maybe get mad. Or maybe shrug at how strange everyone was, especially me.

And things were back to normal except we were just friends.

What about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms?

It’s strange how things can change back as suddenly as they changed originally. When one thing happens and suddenly, things are back to normal.

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.

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 believe me.

I feel like a big faker because I've been putting my life back together, and nobody knows.

As you see the opening get closer, you just can't get fast enough. And finally, just when you think you'll never get there, you see the opening right in front of you.

Patrick actually used to be popular before Sam bought him some good music.

It's nice to have things to look forward to.

Incidentally, I only have one cavity, and as much as my dentist asks me to, I just can't bring myself to floss.

Sam and Patrick looked at me. And I looked at them. And I think they knew. Not anything specific really. They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.

On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain got tired, so I decided to watch some television instead.

I'm not saying she was lying to me, but she just acted so different before I got to know her, and if she really isn't like what she was at the beginning, I wish she could have just said so.

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

The fights are always the same

Some kids look at me strange in the hallways because I don't decorate my locker, ...

I just kind of put my feelings away somewhere after that.

Then the movie started. It was in a foreign language and had subtitles, which was fun because I had never read a movie before.

she hated everything her parents loved

I was just trying to be a friend, ' I said. 'But you weren’t, Charlie. At those times, you weren’t being his friend at all. Because you weren’t honest with him.

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 like that because it won't change the fact that they are upset.

It was hard to listen to her all the time without getting to say anything back

Math has never made any sense to me.

Things change, friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody.

Put my head under my pillow, and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be.

I know that things get worse before they get better because that's what my psychiatrist says, but this is a worse that feels too big.

A lot of parents make you feel very awkward when you meet them.

I just wish Mary Elizabeth would ask me questions other than “What's up?

I asked Patrick if he felt sad that he had to keep it a secret, and Patrick just said that he wasn't sad because at least now, Brad doesn't have to get drunk or stoned to make love.

Dear Friend, I'm sorry I haven't written to you in a couple of weeks, but I have been trying to 'participate' like Bill said.

I know we didn't accomplish anything, but it felt great to sit there and talk about our place in things.

I think it's nice for stars to do interviews to make us think they are just like us, but to tell you the truth, I get the feeling that it's all a big lie. The problem is I don't know who's lying.

Then, I started running. And everything was as good as it could be.

Sam looked at me soft. And she hugged me. And I closed my eyes because I wanted to know nothing but her arms.

You see things You keep quiet about them. You understand.

It's much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody.

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.

I feel infinite.

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 still do things.

Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.

If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.

Everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other