Perks Of A Wallflower Quotes

• 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.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Life, Sleep, People

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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• Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Memories, Perks

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

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• Standing on the fringes of life... offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Unique, Perspective, Looks

  "The Perks of Being a Wallflower". Book by Stephen Chbosky, synopsis from the Inside Flap, www.amazon.co.uk. 2009.

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• 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 that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. That’s why I’m trying not to think. I just want it all to stop spinning.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Sleep, Thinking, Years

  "The Perks of Being a Wallflower". Book by Stephen Chbosky, February 1, 1999.

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• Everyone else is either asleep or having sex.  I’ve been watching cable television and eating jello.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Sex, Television, Jello

  Stephen Chbosky (2012). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, p.94, Simon and Schuster

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• And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Infinity, Infinite, Moments

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.44, Simon and Schuster

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• 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. and that if you looked at these facts when you were happy, you would feel great because you are describing 'unity.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Girl, Song, Book

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

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• I can see it. This one moment when you know you’re not a sad story. You’re alive. And you stand up and see the lights and the buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And you’re listening to that song in that drive with the people you love most in this world. And in this moment I swear… we are infinite.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Song, Light, People

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• Why do I and everyone I love pick people who treat us like we're nothing"; - "We accept the love we think we deserve.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Thinking, People, Accepting

  "The Perks of Being a Wallflower". www.imdb.com. September, 2012.

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• We accept the love we think we deserve.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Love, Inspirational, Tattoo

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• We didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough

  Stephen Chbosky

  Light, Together, Enough

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.200, Simon and Schuster

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

  Stephen Chbosky

  Wind, Care, Want

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• I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Likes, Love Each Other, Fascinated

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.58, Simon and Schuster

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• Welcome to the island of misfit toys.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Islands, Toys, Welcome

  "Interview with Writer and Director Stephen Chbosky “The Perks of Being a Wallflower". Interview with Sarah Knight Adamson, www.sarahsbackstagepass.com. August 27, 2012.

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

  Stephen Chbosky

  Happiness, Bad Day, Laughing

  Stephen Chbosky (2012). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, p.159, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Love, Inspirational, Sadness

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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• I look at people holdings hands in the hallways, and I try to think how it all works. At the school dances, I sit in the background, and I tap my toe, and I wonder how many couples will dance to ‘their song.’ In the hallways, I see the girls wearing the guys’ jackets, and I think about the idea of property. And I wonder if anyone is really happy.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Girl, Song, Couple

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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• I just think it's bad when a boy looks at a girl and thinks that the way he sees her is better than she actually is. And I think it's bad when the most honest way a boy can look at a girl is through a camera.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Girl, Boys, Thinking

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.52, 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.

  Stephen Chbosky

  People, Blame, Wonder

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

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• It’s much easier not to know things sometimes.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Ignorance, Sometimes, Easier

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.138, Simon and Schuster

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• And I wonder if anyone is really happy. I hope they are. I really hope they are.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Wonder, Really Happy, Ifs

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

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• 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 even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Honesty, Kids, Thinking

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.200, Simon and Schuster

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• It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Book, Thinking, People

  Stephen Chbosky (2012). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

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

  Stephen Chbosky

  Love, Dies, Being In Love

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.161, Simon and Schuster

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• And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have. Good and bad.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Facts, Good And Bad, Ifs

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.200, Simon and Schuster

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