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

  Stephen Chbosky

  Wonder, Perks Of A Wallflower, Really Happy

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

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  I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what that is.

  Emma Watson

  Being Yourself, Want, Figures

  FaceBook post by Emma Watson from Aug 02, 2012

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

  Stephen Chbosky

  Love, Perks Of A Wallflower, Dies

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

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• I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand and didn't try to sleep with that person at that party even though you could have.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Party, Writing, Sleep

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

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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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• The audience is invisible and that's good. Somewhere my voice is drifting through a swine barn and the sound of it seems to perk up the sows' appetite. Or a lady is listening on headphones as she jogs along a beach, running to my cadence. Or a dog sits in front of the radio, head cocked, and the sibilants excite him in some mysterious way. A dog's humorist, that's me.

  Garrison Keillor

  Running, Dog, Beach

  Source: jonathanlowe.wordpress.com

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• There are many perks to living for twenty-one centuries, and foremost among them is bearing witness to the rare birth of genius. It invariably goes like this: Someone shrugs off the weight of his cultural traditions, ignores the baleful stares of authority, and does something his countrymen think to be completely batshit insane. Of those, Galileo was my personal favorite. Van Gogh comes in second, but he really was batshit insane.

  Kevin Hearne

  Thinking, Insane, Twenties

  Kevin Hearne (2014). “The Iron Druid Chronicles 6-Book Bundle: Hounded, Hexed, Hammered, Tricked, Trapped, Hunted”, p.12, Del Rey

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• Poisoned, pursued and living with a psychopath. Not what I would consider the good life. Death has its perks.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Good Life, Life Death, Psychopath

  Maria V. Snyder (2012). “Poison Study”, p.156, Harlequin

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• She seemed to think that one of the perks of marriage was that it gave you rights of comment and intrusion over single people's love lives.

  J. K. Rowling

  Love Life, Thinking, Rights

  J.K. Rowling (2012). “The Casual Vacancy”, p.138, Hachette UK

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• Flirtation doesn't have to go somewhere; it certainly doesn't need to end up in bed. I like to think of it as a little friendlier than a handshake, a little less intimate than a kiss. It's a way of saying hi, you look great, have a wonderful day. A tasteful flirtation, played out people who understand the rules, leave everyone feeling good and can perk up the bluest mood.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Kissing, Thinking, People

  Karen Marie Moning (2016). “The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned”, p.275, Dell

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• But Shakespeare never drank coffee. Nor did Julius Caesar, or Socrates. Alexander the Great conquered half the world without even a café latte to perk him up. The pyramids were designed and constructed without a whiff of a sniff of caffeine. Coffee was introduced to Europe only in 1615. The achievements of antiquity are quite enough to cow the modern human, but when you realize that they did it all without caffeine it becomes almost unbearable.

  Mark Forsyth

  Coffee, Europe, Pyramids

  Mark Forsyth (2011). “The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language”, p.154, Icon Books Ltd

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• I dumped out the bag and found what had been inside was a bunched-up police uniform, complete with the vest. "Where did you get this?" Boo asked. "It's Callum's," he said. "What's he wearing?" "At the moment, not much of anything. Put it on." I noticed Book perk up a bit at this piece of information.

  Maureen Johnson

  Book, Police, Bags

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• The first perk of theatre is the girls.

  James Spader

  Girl, Theatre, Firsts

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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, Perks Of A Wallflower

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

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• The right to be married was hard earned by the marriage equality movement and one of its "perks" is the right to use the terms commonly associated with marriage; husband and wife are the two most common.

  Steven Petrow

  Husband, Two, Wife

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• I honestly can’t tell you. We’ve never had a situation like this before, “I admitted. “So you being an angel doesn’t meam…” He hesitated. “Doesn’t mean I have an answer for everything,” I concluded for him. “I just assumed it would be one of the perks.” “Sadly, no.

  Alexandra Adornetto

  Mean, Angel, Would Be

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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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• I'm a bit of a shill for the Clinton Administration, which has its perks. I'm invited to all the inaugural balls.

  Al Franken

  Balls, Administration, Clinton

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• I looked around. As flock leader, everyone was expecting me to make a decision. Jeb's presence here would bring uncertainty, chaos, probably danger. It would perk up my day.

  James Patterson

  Decision, Leader, Chaos

  "Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel". Book by James Patterson, February 14, 2011.

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• I noticed you right away." She gave me an approving look. "I like quiet, polite men. And men who wear Hugo Boss. I was hoping you weren't gay. Or that you were only half-gay. Like Paul." "Uh...sorry," I said. "It's pretty much full-time now. The pay's not great, but the perks...

  Josh Lanyon

  Sorry, Gay, Men

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• The key reason executives are paid so much now is that they appoint the members of the corporate board that determines their compensation and control many of the perks that board members count on. So it's not the invisible hand of the market that leads to those monumental executive incomes; it's the invisible handshake in the boardroom.

  Paul Krugman

  Keys, Hands, Invisible Hand

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• It's easier for me to get ready for a game on the road because you're expected to lose when you play away from home. That's a challenge to right there and that perks my competitive juices.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Home, Games

  Michael Jordan, Walter Iooss, Mark Vancil (1995). “I'm back!: more rare air”, Harpercollins

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• Beyond the profound federal perks, married people make more money; we're healthier, physically and emotionally; we produce happier, more stable and more successful kids; we have more sex than our supposedly swinging single friends; we even live longer.

  Jenna McCarthy

  Sex, Motivation, Inspiration

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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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