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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky

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.

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“So, tomorrow, I’m leaving. And I’m not going to let that happen again with anyone else. 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.”

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“Sam and Patrick looked at me. And I looked at them. And I think they knew. Not anything specific really. They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.”

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“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.”

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“He’s my whole world.”
“Don’t ever say that about anyone again. Not even me.”

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“It was the kind of kiss that made
me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.”

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“the juniors were acting different because they are now the seniors. They even had T-shirts made. I don't know who plans these things.”

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“I have decided that maybe I want to write when I grow up. I just don't know what I would write.”

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“I don't think we should base so much on weight, muscles, and a good hair day, but when it happens, it's nice. It really is.”

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“I just think it's bad when a boy looks at a girl and thinks that the way he sees the girl is better than the girl actually is.”

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“I have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book.”

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“I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.”

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“To tell you the truth I love Sam. It's not a movie kind of love either. I just look at her sometimes and I think she is the prettiest and nicest person in the whole world.”

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“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”

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“Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.”

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“I put my head under my pillow and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be.”

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Variant: Put my head under my pillow, and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be.
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