Perks Of A Wallflower Quotes - Page 2

• 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 from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Inspiring, Hard Times, Trying

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

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• 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 them to show me, so I can feel it too.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Crush, Real, Thinking

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.190, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Matter, Gains, Moments

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.170, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Happiness, Believe, Soon Enough

  Stephen Chbosky (2010). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, p.213, 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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• It was the kind of kiss that made me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Kissing, Kind, Made

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.71, Simon and Schuster

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• I want to make sure that the first person you kiss loves you, okay?

  Stephen Chbosky

  Love You, Kissing, Want

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.71, Simon and Schuster

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• So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Where We Come, Who We Are, Reason

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

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

  Stephen Chbosky

  What If, Needs, Arms

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.189, Simon and Schuster

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• This moment will just be another story someday.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Life, Stories, Moments

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

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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.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Inspiration, Cheer Up, Special

  Stephen Chbosky (2012). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, p.181, Simon and Schuster

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• It's great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms or something like that? You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Love You, Thinking, What If

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.189, Simon and Schuster

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• You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Love You, Thinking, Self Fulfillment

  Stephen Chbosky (1999). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, MTV Books

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• Sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.

  Stephen Chbosky

  People, Use, Sometimes

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

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• Not everyone has a sob story, Charlie, and even if they do, it's no excuse.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Stories, No Excuses, Charlie

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.34, Simon and Schuster

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• She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just takes time.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Sad, I Hate You, Hopeful

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.187, Simon and Schuster

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• It’s like when you’re excited about a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel so happy for them. And other times you see the same couple, and they make you so mad. And all you want is to feel happy for them because you know that if you do, then it means you’re happy, too.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Girl, Couple, Mean

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.72, Simon and Schuster

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• He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Quiet, Introvert, Perks

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.43, Simon and Schuster

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• I know these will become old stories someday and our pictures will become old photographs and we'll all become somebody's Mom or Dad, but right now, these moments are not stories. This is happening and I'm here.

  Logan Lerman

  Mom, Truth, Dad

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

  Stephen Chbosky

  Inspirational, Life, Change

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

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• Do you think if people knew how crazy you really were, no one would ever talk to you?

  Stephen Chbosky

  Crazy, Thinking, People

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

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• I don't know if you've ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for thousands of years. Or just not exist.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Sleep, Years, Wanted

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.93, Simon and Schuster

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

  Stephen Chbosky

  Mad, Laughing, Strange

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.147, Simon and Schuster

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• It's like looking at all the students and wondering who's had their heart broken that day, and how they are able to cope with having three quizzes and a book report on top of that.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Book, Heart, Broken

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

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

  Stephen Chbosky

  Thinking, Perks, Asks

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

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