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“It always shocked me when I realized that I wasn’t the only person in the world who thought and felt such strange and awful things.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“What I believe
is that life
is music and fabulous foliage,
but it's also cancer and wars.

That's just how it is.

Maybe God could do better.

But shit, so could we. ”
― Lisa Schroeder, Far from You

“I don't want to worry
I don't want to be sad
I have so much to be happy about”
― Lisa Schroeder, Far from You

“The more you can share,
the less lost you feel. ”
― Lisa Schroeder, Far from You

“Find the gift in the little things.”
― Lisa Schroeder, Far from You

“Memories
fall
like
snowflakes
upon
my dreams.

The snowflakes
toss and tumble,
each different
and yet
the same.”
― Lisa Schroeder, Far from You

“If anything,
he sparked
a fire
inside of me,
making me want to live again.”
― Lisa Schroeder, Far from You

“What you must understand about me is that I’m a deeply unhappy person.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“Sometimes you lose a battle. But mischief always wins the war”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“I feel infinite.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I feel like a big faker because I've been putting my life back together, and nobody knows.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Everyone is special in their own way.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I guess I'm pretty emotional.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“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.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“And things were back to normal except we were just friends.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I am really in love with Sam, and it hurts very much.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I'm only being cute here. I don't really mean it. I just wanted to make you smile.”
― Stephen Chbosky

“just be yourself”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Despite everything my mom and doctor and dad have said to
me about blame, I can't stop thinking what I know. And I know
that my aunt Helen would still be alive today if she just bought me
one present like everybody else. She would be alive if I were born
on a day that didn't snow.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I don’t know if I will have the time to write any more letters, because I might be too busy trying to participate. So, if this does end up being the last letter, I just want you to know that I was in a bad place before I started high school, and you helped me. Even if you didn’t know what I was talking about, or know someone who’s gone through it, you made me not feel alone. Because I know there are people who say all these things don’t happen. And there are people who forget what it’s like to be sixteen when they turn seventeen. I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all become somebody’s mom or dad. But right now, these moments are not stories. This is happening. I am here, and I am looking at her. And she is so beautiful. I can see it. This one moment when you know you’re not a sad story. You are alive. And you stand up and see the lights on the buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And you’re listening to that song, and that drive with the people who you love most in this world. And in this moment, I swear, we are infinite.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“but my dad said it was no excuse.
"But I love him!" I had never seen my sister cry that much.
"No, you don't."
"I hate you!"
"No, you don't." My dad can be very calm sometimes.
"He's my whole world."
"Don't ever say that about anyone again. Not even me." That was my mom.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think everyone is special in their own way. I really do.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“The outside lights were on, and it was snowing, and it looked like magic. Like we were somewhere else. Like we were someplace better.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I love my mom. And this time, I told her I loved her. And she told me she loved me, too. And things were okay for a little while.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I don't know what's wrong with me. It's like all I can do is keep writing this gibberish to keep from breaking apart.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“When the police came, they found my brother asleep on the roof. Nobody knows how he got there. ”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“My sister was the one who told me where babies come from. My sister was also the one who laughed when I immediately asked her where babies go to.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“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.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I didn't know that other people thought things about me. I didn't know that they looked.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower