Stephen Chbosky, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower Quotes

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

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.

We accept the love we think we deserve.

Things change and friends leave and life doesn't stop for anybody

And she kissed me. It was the kind of kiss that I could never tell my friends about out loud. It was the kind of kiss that made me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.

If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.

Then, I started running. And everything was as good as it could be.

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

Put my head under my pillow, and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be.

I just kind of put my feelings away somewhere after that.

I don't want to be just another thing mary elizabeth is in charge of

Things get worse before they get better, but this is a worse that feels too big.

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.

she hated everything her parents loved

I know we didn't accomplish anything, but it felt great to sit there and talk about our place in things.

Incidentally, I only have one cavity, and as much as my dentist asks me to, I just can't bring myself to floss.

I thought if I didnt take a break, I would do something even worse. Like yell or hang up the phone.

It was the look on her face when she said it. And how much she meant it. It suddenly made everything seem like it really was. I felt terrible. Just terrible.

Then the movie started. It was in a foreign language and had subtitles, which was fun because I had never read a movie before.

A lot of parents make you feel very awkward when you meet them.

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

I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.

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

It's much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody.

Sam looked at me soft. And she hugged me. And I closed my eyes because I wanted to know nothing but her arms.

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 things were back to normal except we were just friends.

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.

I know that things get worse before they get better because that's what my psychiatrist says, but this is a worse that feels too big.

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.

Math has never made any sense to me.

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.

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

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.

It's much easier not to know things sometimes.

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.

It was hard to listen to her all the time without getting to say anything back

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.

You see things You keep quiet about them. You understand.

On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain got tired, so I decided to watch some television instead.

The two families really don't like each other, except for all us younger cousins because we don't know any better.

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.

What's the point of using words nobody knows or can say comfortably?

I feel like a big faker because I've been putting my life back together, and nobody knows.

I hate you."I love you."You're a freak, you know that? Everyone says so. They always have."I'm trying not to be.

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.

The fights are always the same

I was just trying to be a friend, ' I said. 'But you weren’t, Charlie. At those times, you weren’t being his friend at all. Because you weren’t honest with him.

I just wish Mary Elizabeth would ask me questions other than “What's up?