Stephen Chbosky - The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

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I want to make sure that the first person you kiss loves you, okay?

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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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And I wonder if anyone is really happy. I hope they are. I really hope they are.

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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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It's great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms or something like that? You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things.

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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 think on my next birthday, I'm going to buy her a present. I think that should be the tradition. The kid gets gifts from everybody, and he buys one present for his mom since she was there, too. I think that would be nice.

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Charlie, you're one of the most gifted people I've ever known. And I don't mean in terms of my other students. I mean in terms of anyone I've ever met.

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And she looked at me like she couldn't believe I knew she loved Anne Rice. I guess he didn't know how much she talked or how much I listened.

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So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.

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The reason I am thinking so far in advance is because school is terribly lonely. I think I've said that before, but it's getting harder every day.

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Everyone else is either asleep or having sex. I've been watching cable television and eating jello.

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I know that things get worse before they get better because that's what my psychiatrist says, but this is a worse that feels too big.

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You should tell her how nice her outfit is because her outfit is her choice whereas her face isn't.

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No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop your books and run like hell

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I wasn't raised very religiously because my parents went to Catholic school, but I do believe in God very much. I just never gave God a name, if you know what I mean. I hope I haven't let Him down regardless.

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Some kids look at me strange in the hallways because I don't decorate my locker,...

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Do you know what 'masturbation' is? I think you probably do because you are older than me. But just in case, I will tell you. Masturbation is when you rub your genitals until you have an orgasm. Wow!

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I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial that advertised an exercise machine. They kept flashing a 1-800 number, so I called it. The woman who picked up the other end of the phone was named Michelle. And I told Michelle that I was a kid and did not need an exercise machine, but I hoped she was having a good night. That's when Michelle hung up on me. And I didn't mind a bit.

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I used to listen to it all the time when I was little and thinking about grown-up things. I would go to my bedroom window and stare at my reflection in the glass and the trees behind it and just listen to the song for hours. I decided then that when I met someone I thought was as beautiful as the song, I should give it to that person. And I didn't mean beautiful on the outside. I meant beautiful in all ways.

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After a few minutes, it was time for me to leave. I don't know who decides these things. It just happens.

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We didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough

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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.

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I wish I knew. It might make me miss him more clearly. It might have made sad sense.

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The gift from my Secret Santa wasn't anything special. That makes me sad. I bet you anything that Mary Elizabeth is my Secret Santa because only she would give me socks.

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As you see the opening get closer, you just can't get fast enough. And finally, just when you think you'll never get there, you see the opening right in front of you.

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Incidentally, I only have one cavity, and as much as my dentist asks me to, I just can't bring myself to floss.

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Please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And i will always believe the same about you.

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I just don't want you to worry about me, or think you've met me, or waste your time anymore.

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If it meant that I would never get to think of you that way, as long as you were happy, it was okay.

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