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41 " So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know 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 and feel okay about them. "
― Stephen Chbosky
42 " I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and doesn't try to sleep with people even if they could have. I need to know that these people exist. "
― Stephen Chbosky , The Perks of Being a Wallflower
43 " It was the look on her face when she said it. And how much she meant it. It suddenly made everything seem like it really was. I felt terrible. Just terrible. "
44 " I feel great! I really mean it. I have to remember this for the next time I’m having a terrible week. Have you ever done that? You feel really bad, and then it goes away, and you don’t know why. I try to remind myself when I feel great like this that there will be another terrible week coming someday, so I should store up as many great details as I can, so during the next terrible week, I can remember those details and believe that I’ll feel great again. It doesn’t work a lot, but I think it’s very important to try. "
45 " You see things You keep quiet about them. You understand. "
46 " I don't want to be just another thing mary elizabeth is in charge of "
47 " And things were back to normal except we were just friends. "
48 " Things change and friends leave and life doesn't stop for anybody "
49 " And I think they knew. Not anything specific really. They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend. "
50 " I don't remember where we were walking to or where we were walking from. I don't even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere. "
51 " I know we didn't accomplish anything, but it felt great to sit there and talk about our place in things. "
52 " 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. "
53 " She also keeps talking about the Billie Holiday record she bought for me. And she says she wants to expose me to all these great things. And to tell you the truth, I don't really want to be exposed to all these great things if it means that I'll have to listen to Mary Elizabeth talk about all the great things she exposed me to all the time. It almost feels like of the three things involved: Mary Elizabeth, me, and the great things, only the first one matters to Mary Elizabeth. I don't understand that. I would give someone a record so they could love the record, not so they would always know that I gave it to them. "
54 " That nice feeling when you look in the mirror, and your hair's right for the first time in your life? I don;t think we should base so much on weight, muscles, and a good hair day, but when it happens, it's nice. It really is. "
55 " She even told me how to treat a girl on a date, which was very interesting. She said that with a girl like Mary Elizabeth, you shouldn't tell her she looks pretty. You should tell her how nice her outfit is because her outfit is her choice whereas her face isn't. She also said that with some girls, you should do things like open car doors and buy flowers, but with Mary Elizabeth (especially since it's the Sadie Hawkins' dance), I shouldn't do that. So, I asked her what I should do, and she said that I should ask a lot of questions and not mind when Mary Elizabeth doesn't stop talking. I said that it didn't sound very democratic, but Sam said she does it all the time with boys. "
56 " Things get worse before they get better, but this is a worse that feels too big. "
57 " It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book. "
58 " And she kissed me. It was the kind of kiss that I could never tell my friends about out loud. It was the kind of kiss that made me know that I was never so happy in my whole life. "
59 " What's the point of using words nobody knows or can say comfortably? "
60 " I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be. "