Lissa

“As much as I feel sad, I think that not knowing is what really bothers me.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“And when she started becoming a “young lady,” and no one was allowed to look at her because she thought she was fat. And how she really wasn’t fat. And how she was actually very pretty. And how different her face looked when she realized boys thought she was pretty. And how different her face looked the first time she really liked a boy who was not on a poster on her wall. And how her face looked when she realized she was in love with that boy. I wondered how her face would look when she came out from behind those doors.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I'm just thinking too fast-- much too fast.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“The fact that one of these ladies was my mom made me particularly sad because my mom is beautiful. And she’s always on a diet. Sometimes, my dad calls her beautiful, but she cannot hear him.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower