30 phrases from The Perks of Being a Wallflower to feel infinite

We accept the love we think we deserve.

Then you just take a deep breath, because you know that if a tear falls, you won’t be able to stop crying.

I’m very interested and fascinated by how people love each other but don’t really like each other.

You can’t put other people’s lives ahead of your own and think that counts as love.

Sometimes I was a real roller coaster.

I didn’t do things because I didn’t want him to think of me differently. But the thing is, I wasn’t being honest. So why would I care whether he loved me or not if he didn’t really know me?

Even if I try to walk away from you, there will always be something that makes me want to stay.

Even if someone is much worse off, it doesn’t change the fact that you have what you have.

I know I’m quiet, and I should talk more. But if you knew the things that went through my head, you would know what it really meant.

It’s much easier to not know things once in a while.

So this is my life. And I want you to know that I’m happy and sad at the same time, and I’m still trying to understand how I can be that way.

It’s weird, because sometimes I read a book and I think I’m the person in the book.

How can I be happy and sad? This is my life, not even I understand myself.

I know things get worse before they get better because that’s what my psychiatrist says, but this worst phase is too big for me.

I used to be fine on my own, but that was before I knew what it was like to have a true friend.

I won’t go into details about everything, but I will say that there were bad days.

I would hate for her to judge me based on how I used to be.

I know there are people who say these things don’t happen, and that these will just be stories one day. But now we are alive. And in that moment, I swear. We’re infinite.

Things change. And friends leave. And life doesn’t stop for anyone!

I just need to know that there is someone who listens and understands, and doesn’t try to sleep with people, even if they have the opportunity. I need to know these people exist.

There’s something wrong with me. And I don’t know what it is.

I think I’m very sentimental.

I don’t want to be anyone’s crush. If someone likes me, I want them to really like me, not for what they think I am.

So I think we are who we are for a number of reasons. And we may never know most of them. But even if we don’t have the power to choose who we go to be, we can still choose where we go from here. We can still do things. And we can try to be okay with them.