Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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"

"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."

"I feel infinite."

"It's nice to have things to look forward to."

"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."

"And I thought that all those little kids are going to grow up someday. And all of those little kids are going to do the things that we do. And they will all kiss someone someday. But for now, sledding is enough. I think it would be great if sledding were always enough, but it isn't."

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

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

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

"Enjoy it. Because it's happening."

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

"Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense."

"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."