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“I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that. I think wanting that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. That’s why I’m trying not to think. I just want it all to stop spinning.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“He felt a stirring of anger, not at society for failing to have provided him with money; not at himself for his refusal to work; but at the situation itself, for existing.”
― Hard Rain Falling
― Hard Rain Falling
“But he could not go on allowing his emotions to rise and fall at Sally’s whim.”
― Hard Rain Falling
― Hard Rain Falling
“And I thought about how many people have loved those songs. And how many people got through a lot of bad times because of those songs. And how many people enjoyed good times with those songs. And how much those songs really mean. I think it would be great to have written one of those songs. I bet if I wrote one of them, I would be very proud. I hope the people who wrote those songs are happy. I hope they feel it's enough. I really do because they've made me happy. And I'm only one person.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
jes ’s 2025 Year in Books
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500 books
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10 friends
115 books
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2 friends
1,572 books
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3,141 friends
26 books
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13 friends
140 books
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144 friends
700 books
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118 friends
26 books
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234 friends
142 books
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10 friends
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