So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both h... - Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

"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."

"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 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"

"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."