“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, book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Variant: If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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