Stephen Chbosky Quotes About Perks Of A Wallflower
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Everyone else is either asleep or having sex. I’ve been watching cable television and eating jello.
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I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.
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Not everyone has a sob story, Charlie, and even if they do, it's no excuse.
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Even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.
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It’s much easier not to know things sometimes.
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It was the kind of kiss that made me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.
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What about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I want to make sure that the first person you kiss loves you, okay?
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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.
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It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.
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And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.
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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.
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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.
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I wanted to laugh. Or maybe get mad. Or maybe shrug at how strange everyone was, especially me.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.
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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.
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Maybe it's good to put things in perspective, but sometimes, I think that the only perspective is to really be there.
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Sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.
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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.
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