“We didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough”
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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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“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 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.”
“It's much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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 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.”
“I walked over to the hill where we used to go and sled. There were a lot of little kids there. I watched them flying. Doing jumps and having races. And I thought that all those little kids a...”
“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”
“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 things that we do. And they will all kiss someone someday. But for now...”
“I feel like a big faker because I've been putting my life back together, and nobody knows.”
“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.”
“I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
“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.”