Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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

"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."

"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."

"This moment will just be another story someday."

"I feel infinite."

"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."

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

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

"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"

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

"And in that moment, I swear we were infinite."

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

"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."

"Girls like guys to be a challenge. It gives them some mold to fit in how they act. Like a mom. What would a mom do if she couldn't fuss over you and make you clean your room? And what would you do without her fussing and making you do it? Everyone needs a mom. And a mom knowns this. And it gives her a sense of purpose. You get it?"

"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."