Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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 sat down and tried to write a story."Ian MacArthur is a wonderful sweet fellow who wears glasses and peers out of them with delight."That was the first sentence. The problem was that I just couldn't think of the next one. After cleaning my room three times, I decided to leave Ian alone for a while because I was starting to get mad at him."

"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 feel infinite."

"We accept the love we think we deserve."

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

"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 just hope I remember to tell my kids that they are as happy as I look in my old photographs. And I hope that they believe me."

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

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

"We accept the love we think we deserve."

"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."