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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a young adult coming-of-age epistolary novel by American writer Stephen Chbosky, which was first published on February 1, 1999, by Pocket Books. Set in the early 1990s, the novel follows Charlie, an introverted observing teenager, through his freshman year of high school in a Pittsburgh suburb. The novel details Charlie's unconventional style of thinking as he navigates between the worlds of adolescence and adulthood, and attempts to deal with poignant questions spurred by his interactions with both his friends and family.
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“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.”
“I would die for you. But I won't live for you.”
“There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”
“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.”
“And I thought about how many people have loved those songs. And how many people got through a lot of bad times because of those songs. And how many people enjoyed good times with those songs...”
“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 wouldn't change the fact that they were upset. And...”
“What about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms?”
“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.”
“I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they're here. If they like their jobs. Or us. And I wonder how smart they were when they were...”
“It's much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody. I wanted to laugh. Or maybe get mad. Or maybe shrug at how strange everybod...”
“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 not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that. I think wanting...”
“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 think I am. And I don't want them to carry it around inside. I want t...”
“The fights are always the same”
“This moment will just be another story someday.”
“And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”
“Enjoy it. Because it's happening.”
“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 the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go...”
“He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.”
“It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.”
“And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain, and that didn't matter.”
“I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.”
“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 people. And that girl that's pretty to you is pretty to other people. an...”
“She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just takes time.”