my favorite quotes from the perks of being a wallflower
βwe accept the love we think we deserve.β
βso, this is my life. and i want you to know that i am both happy and sad and iβm still trying to figure out how that could be.β
βthings change. and friends leave. life doesnβt stop for anybody.β
βand in that moment, i swear we were infinite.β
βthereβs nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.β
βi would die for you. but i wonβt live for you.β
βso, i guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. and maybe weβll never know most of them. but even if we donβt 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.β
βi think that if i ever have kids, and they are upset, i wonβt tell them that people are starving in china or anything like that because it wouldnβt change the fact that they were upset. and even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesnβt really change the fact that you have what you have.β
βi am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.β
βitβs just that i donβt want to be somebodyβs crush. if somebody likes me, i want them to like the real me, not what they think i am. and i donβt want them to carry it around inside. i want them to show me, so i can feel it too.β
βitβs strange because sometimes, i read a book, and i think i am the people in the book.β
βi donβt know if youβve ever felt like that. that you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. or just not exist. or just not be aware that you do exist. or something like that. i think wanting that is very morbid, but i want it when i get like this. thatβs why iβm trying not to think. i just want it all to stop spinning.β
βthis moment will just be another story someday.β
βenjoy it. because itβs happening.β
βshe wasnβt bitter. she was sad, though. but it was a hopeful kind of sad. the kind of sad that just takes time.β
βyou see things. you keep quiet about them. and you understand.β
βwe didnβt talk about anything heavy or light. we were just there together. and that was enoughβ
βand i guess I realized at that moment that i really did love her. because there was nothing to gain, and that didnβt matter.β
βi just want you to know that youβre very special. and the only reason iβm telling you is that i donβt know if anyone else ever has.β
βjust tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.β
βit was the kind of kiss that made me know that i was never so happy in my whole life.β
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titsay
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