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I sat down and tried to write a story. "Ian MacArthur is a wonderful sweet fellow who wears glasses and peers out of them with delight." That was the first sentence. The problem was that I just couldn't think of the next one. After cleaning my room three times, I decided to leave Ian alone for a while because I was starting to get mad at him.

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Sweet, Writing, Thinking

Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.158, Simon and Schuster

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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.

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Thinking, Asks

Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.51, Simon and Schuster

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Patrick started driving really fast, and just before we got to the tunnel. Sam stood up, and the wind turned her dress into ocean waves. When we hit the tunnel, all the sound got scooped up into a vacuum, and it was replaced by a song on the tape player. A beautiful song called “Landslide.” When we got out of the tunnel, Sam screamed this really fun scream, and there it was. Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. Sam sat down and started laughing. Patrick started laughing. I started laughing. And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.

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Beautiful, Song, Fun

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As we all know, when you're an athlete things are a little bit easier for you. It didn't mean that what was going on inside my heart wasn't a bit of a thunderstorm, but outwardly I got along ok. I was really shy in seventh grade.

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Heart, Athlete, Mean

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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I just wish that God or my parents or Sam or my sister or someone would just tell me what's wrong with me. Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense. To make this all go away.

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Parent, Wish, Going Away

Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.134, Simon and Schuster

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And we could all sit around and wonder and feel bad about each other and blame a lot of people for what they did or didn’t do or what they didn’t know. I don’t know. I guess there would always be someone to blame.

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People, Blame, Wonder

Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.199, Simon and Schuster

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I love Twinkies, and the reason I am saying that is because we are all supposed to think of reasons to live.

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Thinking, Reason, Reason To Live

Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.53, Simon and Schuster

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The movie itself was very interesting, but I didn't think it was very good because I didn't really feel different when it was over.

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Thinking, Interesting, Different

Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.121, Simon and Schuster

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So, I looked up, and we were in this giant dome like a glass snowball, and Mark said that the amazing white stars were really only holes in the black glass of the dome, and when you went to heaven, the glass broke away, and there was nothing but a whole sheet of star white, which is brighter than anything but doesn't hurt your eyes. It was vast and open and thinly quiet, and I felt so small.

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Hurt, Stars, Eye

Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.94, Simon and Schuster

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Sometimes, I look outside, and I think that a lot of other people have seen this snow before. Just like I think that a lot of other people have read those books before. And listened to those songs. I wonder how they feel tonight.

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Song, Book, Thinking

Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.94, Simon and Schuster

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The gift from my Secret Santa wasn't anything special. That makes me sad. I bet you anything that Mary Elizabeth is my Secret Santa because only she would give me socks.

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Giving, Secret, Special

Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.65, Simon and Schuster

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They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.

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Thinking, Perks Of A Wallflower, Perks

Stephen Chbosky (2012). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, p.66, Simon and Schuster

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He was the boy that made mix tapes with themes and hand-colored covers until the day he hit my sister and stopped crying.

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Boys, Hands, Tape

Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

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My sister was the one who told me where babies come from. My sister was also the one who laughed when I immediately asked her where babies go to.

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Baby, My Sister, Laughed

Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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I don't know what I'm supposed to do now. I know other people have it a lot worse. I do know that, but it's crashing in anyway, and I just can't stop thinking that the little kid eating french fries with his mom in the shopping mall is going to grow up and my sister.

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Mom, Growing Up, Kids

Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.194, Simon and Schuster

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And I could see this boy doing his homework and thinking about my sister naked. And I could see them holding hands at football games that they do not watch. And I could see this boy throwing up in the bushes at a party house. And I could see my sister putting up with it. And I felt very bad for both of them.

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Football, Party, Boys

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But Mary Elizabeth felt different. She kept saying it was an "articulate" film. So "articulate." And I guess it was. The thing is, I didn't know what it said even if it said it very well.

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Different, Film, Said

Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.121, Simon and Schuster

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When we were all getting ready to leave, I walked up to my grandfather and gave him a hug and kiss on the cheek. He wiped my lip print off with his palm and gave me a look. He doesn't like the boys in the family to touch him. But I'm very glad that I did it anyway in case he dies. I never got to do that with my Aunt Helen.

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Kissing, Aunt, Boys

Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.62, Simon and Schuster

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To tell you the truth, I've just been avoiding everything.

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Avoiding

Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.136, Simon and Schuster

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deep down...she's a good woman...you should be proud of her." When I told my mom about this, she just looked very sad because he could never say those things to her. Not ever. Not even when he walked her down the aisle.

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Mom, Good Woman, Proud

Stephen Chbosky (2012). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, p.58, Simon and Schuster

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I guess when you see somebody in the hallway or on the field or something, it's nice to know that they are a real person.

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Real, Nice, Fields

Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

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I found, through the process of doing 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower,' that I really love directing movies and I love writing books and so this will become the centerpiece of my career for the next ten or twenty years. Doing these adaptations.

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Book, Writing, Years

"Stephen Chbosky talks “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, Blu-ray extras, and his favorite teen films". Interview with Scott Neumyer, www.ifc.com. February 13, 2012.

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When I was done reading the poem, everyone was quiet. A very sad quiet. But the amazing thing was that it wasn’t a bad sad at all. It was just something that made everyone look around at each other and know that they were there. 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.

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Reading, Thinking, Looks

Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.51, Simon and Schuster

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Despite everything my mom and doctor and dad have said to me about blame, I can't stop thinking what I know. And I know that my aunt Helen would still be alive today if she just bought me one present like everybody else. She would be alive if I were born on a day that didn't snow.

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Mom, Dad, Aunt

Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

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in the last month or so, i have read the great gatsby and a separate peace. i am starting to see a real trend in the kind of books bill gives me to read. and just like the tape of songs, it is amazing to hold each of them in the palm of my hand. they are all my favorites. all of them.

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Song, Real, Book

Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.64, Simon and Schuster

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Born: January 25, 1970
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