What about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if the... - Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

"We accept the love we think we deserve."

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

"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."

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

"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."