I had The Perks of Being a Wallflower for quite some time but didn’t get around to reading it. Then I saw it on someone’s pinterest board and remembered that I had it and decided to finally tackle it.
I am so so so glad I did.
This book was truly wonderful. I enjoyed all of it and it will stay with me for quite some time. There were many many parts I underlined, but here are a few because I know I will want to remember.
- Here’s another thing to remember: hope keeps you alive. Even when you’re dead, it’s the only thing that keeps you alive
- But for some of us there’s only today. And the truth is, you never really know.
- It’s like when you are excited about a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel so happy for them. And other times you see the same couple, and they make you so mad. And all you want is to always feel happy for them because you know that if you do, then it means that you’re happy, too.
- “I would die for you. But I won’t live for you.” Something like that. I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people.
- So, I guess we are who we are for a lot 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.
- We accept the love we think we deserve.
I don’t know anything about the book, I didn’t check out the link yet. But those words sounded to me as if they were coming from someone older, wiser, and grandmother maybe in her rocking chair soothing what she can for her grandchildren. I don’t have any idea if thats what the book is about but now I am interested enought to check it out!