“I just think it's bad when a boy looks at a girl and thinks that the way he sees her is better than she actually is. And I think it's bad when the most honest way a boy can look at a girl is through a camera.”

— Stephen Chbosky, book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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