monday quotes :the perks of being a wallflower part 1

"so, this is my life. and i want you to know that i am both happy and sad and im still trying to figure out how that could be."

"Then, he asked her to "go with him" which was a big deal at any school. they call it "going out" in high school."



"Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody."



"Some kids look at me strange in the hallways because I don't decorate my locker, and I'm the one who beat up Sean and couldn't stop crying after he did it. I guess I'm pretty emotional."



"For me personally,as much as I don't understand my mom and my dad and as much as i fell sorry for both of them sometimes, i can't help but loving them very much. my mom drives to visit the cemetery of people she loves. my dad cried during M*A*S*H, and trusted me to keep his secret, and let me sit on hid lap, and called me "champ"."



"Incidentally ,i only have one cavity,and ad much as my dentist ask me to, I just can't bring my self to floss."





"Incidentally, Sam has brown hair and very very pretty green eyes. the kind of green that doesn't make a big deal about itself. i would have told you that sooner, but under the stadium lights, everything look kind of washed out. it wasn't until we went to the big boy, and Sam and Patrick started to chain-smoke

that i god a good look at her.the nice thing about the big boy was the fact that Patrick and Sam didn't just throw around inside jokes and make me struggle to keep up. not at all ..."



They asked me questions.
How old are you, charlie?
fifteen.
What's your favorite band?
I thing is the smiths because I love their song asleep, but i'm really not sure one way or the other because i don't know any other songs by them too well.
What 's your favorite movie?
I don't know really ,there are all the same to me.
How about your favorite book?
This side of paradise by f. Scott Fitzgerald.
why?
Because it was the last one a read."





"I had a weird dream. I was with Sam... and a never felt that good in my life.But I also felt bad because I saw her naked without her permission. I think that I should tell Sam about this, and really hope it does not prevent us from maybe making up inside jokes of our own."




"Charlie has a Charlie- esquire crush on me, Patrick."
"he does,huh?"
"I'm trying no to, i offered which just made them laugh."



"Charlie has anyone told you how it works?"
"i don't think so."

"well there are rules you follow here not because you want but because you have to, you get it?"
"... Girls like guys to be challenge. It gives them some mold to fit in how they act. Like a mom.What would a mom do if she couldn't fuss over you and make you clean your room?and and what would you do without her fussing and making you do it? everyone needs a mom. and a mom knows this. And it gives her a sense of purpose. You get it?"

"the thing i s some girl s think thy can actually change guys. and what's funny is that if they actually did change them, they 'd get bored. they'd have no challenge left. you just have to give girls some tome to think of a new way of ding things.that's all.Some of them will figure it out here. Some never. I wouldn't worry about it too much."



"I look at people holding hands in the hallways, and I try to think how it all works. At the school dances, I sit in the background, and I tap my toe, and I wonder how many couples will dance to 'their song.' In the hallways, I see the girls wearing the guys’ jackets, and I think about the idea of property. And I wonder if anyone is really happy. I hope they are. I really hope they are."



"Do you always think this much, Charlie?"
Is that bad? I just wanted someone to tell me the truth.
"Not necessarily. It's just that sometimes people use thought to not participate in life."
"Is that bad?"
"Yes."



"Charlie, we accept the love we think we deserve."




"Patrick actually used to be popular before Sam bought him some good music."



"I usually walk home from school because it makes me feel like I've earned it. what i mean is that I want to be able to tell kids that i walked to school like my grandparents did in the old days,it's odd that I'm planning this considering I've never had a date."