“The Perks of Being a Wallflower” tells the story of Charlie who is an introverted and observant high school freshman in a Pittsburgh suburb in the early 1990s.
The novel has been well-received by readers for its portrayal of mental health issues and adolescent people.
Here is a list of the powerful quotes from The Perks of Being a Wallflower novel.
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower Quotes
“We accept the love we think we deserve.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“Every person has to live his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“I just don’t want you to worry about me, or think you’ve met me, or waste your time anymore.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“It’s nice to have things to look forward to.” ~ Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“I really think that everyone should have watercolors, magnetic poetry, and a harmonica.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“To tell you the truth, I’ve just been avoiding everything.” ~ 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.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“I’m just thinking too fast – much too fast.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“Standing on the fringes of life… offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
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Best The Perks of Being a Wallflower Quotes
“Patrick actually used to be popular before Sam bought him some good music.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“Sometimes, I look outside, and I think that a lot of other people have seen this snow before. Just like I think that a lot of other people have read those books before. And listened to those songs. I wonder how they feel tonight.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“I don’t know if you’ve 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. That’s why I’m trying not to think. I just want it all to stop spinning.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“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.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“I’m going to do what I want to do. I’m going to be who I really am. And I’m going to figure out what that is.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“It’s strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“What about when someone doesn’t need a shoulder? What if they need the arms?” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
Quotes from The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“The inside jokes weren’t jokes anymore. They had become stories. Nobody brought up the bad names or the bad times. And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“Not everyone has a sob story, Charlie, and even if they do, it’s no excuse.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“I just wish that God or my parents or Sam or my sister or someone would just tell me what’s wrong with me. Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense. To make this all go away.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“Old pictures look very rugged and young, and the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“And I closed my eyes because I wanted to know nothing but her arms.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“I don’t even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“It’s strange how things can change back as suddenly as they changed originally. When one thing happens and suddenly, things are back to normal.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“I wanted to laugh. Or maybe get mad. Or maybe shrug at how strange everyone was, especially me.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“It’s much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn’t stop for anybody.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“If it meant that I would never get to think of you that way, as long as you were happy, it was okay.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“Sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“I don’t know how much longer I can keep going without a friend. I used to be able to do it very easily, but that was before I knew what having a friend was like.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“It’s just hard to see a friend hurt this much. Especially when you can’t do anything except ‘be there.’ I just want to make him stop hurting, but I can’t. So I just follow him around whenever he wants to show me his world.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“Things change, friends leave. And life doesn’t stop for anybody.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
Powerful The Perks of Being a Wallflower Quotes
“So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we’ll never know most of them.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“It was the kind of kiss that made me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“He’s a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“I’m so sorry that I wasted your time because you really do mean a lot to me and I hope you have a very nice life because I really think you deserve it. I really do. I hope you do, too. Okay, then. Goodbye.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“This moment will just be another story someday.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“But right now I’m here with you. And I want to know where you are, what you need, and what you want to do.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“I have decided that maybe I want to write when I grow up. I just don’t know what I would write.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“If you care about somebody, you should want them to be happy. Even if you wind up being left out.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn’t really change the fact that you have what you have. Good and bad.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“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” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“It’s much easier not to know things sometimes.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“Enjoy it. Because it’s happening.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“Have you ever done that? You feel really bad, and then it goes away, and you don’t know why.” ~ 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” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“It’s just that 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. And I don’t want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it too.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“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.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
Amazing The Perks of Being a Wallflower Quotes
“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.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“She wasn’t bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just takes time.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“I don’t know if it’s better to be close with your daughter or make sure that she has a better life than you do.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“Nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don’t want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it, too. I want them to be able to do whatever they want around me.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“I feel like a big faker because I’ve been putting my life back together, and nobody knows.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“Try to be a filter, not a sponge.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“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.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“As much as I feel sad, I think that not knowing is what really bothers me.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
Great The Perks of Being a Wallflower Quotes
“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.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“It’s strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that’s kind of how it felt.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“I would die for you. But I won’t live for you.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“I put my head under my pillow and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“And I thought that all those little kids are going to grow up someday. And all of those little kids are going to do the things that we do. And they will all kiss someone someday. But for now, sledding is enough. I think it would be great if sledding were always enough, but it isn’t.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“I love Twinkies, and the reason I am saying that is because we are all supposed to think of reasons to live.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“There’s nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“It’s great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn’t need a shoulder? What if they need the arms or something like that? You can’t just sit there and put everybody’s lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can’t. You have to do things.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“I was looking at the photographs and I started thinking that there was a time when these weren’t memories.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“Girls are weird, and I don’t mean that offensively. I just can’t put it any other way.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people. Maybe that is what makes people “participate.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
“It was the kind of kiss I could never tell my friends about out loud. It was the kind of kiss that made me know I was never so happy in my whole life.” ~ Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
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