Perks Of A Wallflower Quotes

I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people. Maybe that is what makes people "participate.

Maybe it's good to put things in perspective, but sometimes, I think that the only perspective is to really be there.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.

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.

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.

This moment will just be another story someday.

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

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

It was the kind of kiss that made me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.

Even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Welcome to the island of misfit toys.

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

And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

We accept the love we think we deserve.