Perks Quotes

“If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don't want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it, too. I want them to be able to do whatever they want around me.”
― 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 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.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I hate you.'
My sister said it different than she said it to my dad. She meant it with me. She really did.
'I love you,' was all I could say in return.”
― Stephen Chbosky

“Charlie?'
'Uh-huh?'
'Do you like me?'
'Uh-huh.'
'You know what I mean?'
'Uh-huh.'
'Are you nervous?'
'Uh-huh.'
'Don't be nervous.'
'Okay.”
― Stephen Chbosky

“Privacy and loneliness were the traditional luxuries accorded to a skipper.”
― Tom Clancy, Clear and Present Danger

“I guess I could tell people about Punk Rocky and walking home from school and things like that. Maybe these are my glory days, and I'm not even realizing it because they don't involve a ball.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I am not an actress. I am a mistress of disguise. Acting happens to be one of the perks”
― Janna Cachola

“How had he suffered the old arrangement for that long? Part of moving up in the world is realizing how much shit you used to eat.”
― Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle

“Boljše volje kot že dolgo. Kupil rdečo žogo.”
― Erlend Loe

“The entire perks that I need are to let me do my job with full honesty to my conscience.”
― Amit Abraham

“Didn’t realize free coffee was one of the perks in dating you,” Linc murmured.
“Just about the only perk,” Nate responded. “The rest is a cocktail of daydreams, klutziness, and anxiety.”
― Katherine McIntyre, Stronger Than Hope

“Perks can make your office space fun, but it’s emotional intelligence that makes your culture magnetic.”
― Donna Karlin, Talent Momentum: Attracting Brilliance for Tomorrow's Leaders

“He who gathers honey, should be allowed to lick his fingers." - Hanna Mina, On The Sacks”
― Alane Mason, Literature from the "Axis of Evil": Writing from Iran, Iraq, North Korea, and Other Enemy Nations