The Perks of Being a Wallflower is an all-time favorite read of teens and adults alike, it has a bunch of quotes that make you go, ‘damn! that hit deep’. Here is a list of 10 quotes that made me think and feel.
1.
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
Remember when you and your friends were talking about that epic prank you guys pulled on that one teacher that no one liked, or the time when one of you word-vomited in front of their crush. Everyone is dying of laughter and literally ROFLing. Someone is clutching their stomach and someone’s jaw is hurting from laughing so hard.
2.
This moment will just be another story someday.
Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
True, isn’t it, the moments we live through become the stories we remember.
3.
Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.
Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
An impossible task I’m afraid Charlie dear, you see If something or someone is different they won’t make sense, and if they make sense they sure as hell aren’t different. Now, try to make sense of that. 😜
4.
Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.
Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
A BITTER TRUTH (self-explanatory)
5.
It’s much easier not to know things sometimes.
Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
Ignorance sure is bliss, the sweet beautiful world turns into a dark gloomy place when those rose-tinted glasses come off. The former is much better or let us say easier. Knowing things often comes hand in hand with the burden of responsibility.
6.
Not everyone has a sob story, Charlie, and even if they do that is no excuse.
Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
I wholeheartedly agree. Just because you have been through some things by no means gives you a free pass to do the same things or be terrible for other people. #breakthecycle
7.
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)
You know it’s a good friendship when sometimes no one says anything, but the silence isn’t awkward it’s sweet.
8.
What about when someone doesn’t need the shoulder what if they need the arms ?
Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
Do I need to write anything on this one?
Out of context but just wondering how weird this would sound to someone who hasn’t read the book.
If you are still in doubt about reading or not reading the book check out the book review.
9.
It’s like when you’re excited about a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel so happy for them. And other times you see the same couple, and they make you so mad. And all you want is to feel happy for them because you know that if you do, then it means you’re happy, too.
Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
Charlie is too insightful sometimes. In the first scenario, you actually are going through the same happiness and understand, how beautiful it is. The second one, you understand the happiness and you know for a fact that you don’t have it.
10.
“He’s my whole world.”
“Don’t ever say that about anyone again. Not even me.”
Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
Ladies and Gentlemen write this one down because no one can be your entire bloody world the only person who is permanent in your life is you, no point in making others your world and risking it being temporary. It sounds insensitive I know and you are free to disagree, but it is what it is.
and that’s 10.
Don’t forget to comment your favorite.
Yours,
A Fellow Bookworm
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