Quotes from book
The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a young adult coming-of-age epistolary novel by American writer Stephen Chbosky, which was first published on February 1, 1999, by Pocket Books. Set in the early 1990s, the novel follows Charlie, an introverted teenager, through his freshman year of high school in a Pittsburgh suburb. The novel details Charlie’s unconventional style of thinking as he navigates between the worlds of adolescence and adulthood, and attempts to deal with poignant questions spurred by his interactions with both his friends and family.

“I didn't know that other people thought things about me. I didn't know that they looked.”
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“It's much easier not to know things sometimes.”
Variant: It’s much easier not to know things sometimes.
Source: 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.”
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.”
Variant: He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them.”
Variant: So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them.
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower