A Letter from a Wallflower (Quotable Quotes from The Perks of Being a Wallflower- A novel by Stephen Chbosky)
October 6, 2012
Dear Friend,
So I’ve read this book called “The Perks of Being a
Wallflower” because I found out that there is a movie adaptation of this book
starring my favorite Emma Watson. Forgive me if I can’t outgrow her Hermione
Granger character in Harry Potter, but I don't think I want to see her portraying a different
role. But I want to try so that I would love her more as Emma Watson and not as Hermione Granger
because that one is a thing in the past.
Anyways, I heard she played the role of Sam, the love
interest of Charlie which is the main character in the story. I read it and I
couldn’t imagine Emma Watson on Sam’s role. She’s a little bit bitchy (Forgive
me for the term) and liberated, but knowing Emma as a talented and versatile
actress, I know she can give justice to the character, I just don’t know how.
Yesterday, I’ve checked movie houses so I can watch the
movie version since I finished reading the book. I don’t have any high
expectations with the movie version because as always, the book is better than
the movie, but I always love to see the characters moving, so for the sake of
knowing how the story looks like in the movie, I went to see it in the theatre.
But much to my dismay when I found out that it is not available anymore. A new
movie has replaced it’s slot. Maybe I can just watch “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” online or
just download it online. I hope I can find a pirated copy of this movie online
since I failed to catch it in the cinema.
I can tell you I can somehow relate to Charlie’s character.
Actually, I am a wallflower. There is this “Charlie-ish” part of me which I can’t
get out of my system. I am the one who prefers to sit in the corner and observe
and think and sometimes talk to myself. I choose not to participate. But that
doesn’t mean I am a loner. I guess we should draw a thick line between a loner
and a wallflower. But there are a lot of perks for being a wallflower. Unless
you are a wallflower, you wouldn’t know that, and if you really want to know,
go read this book or watch the movie.
I don’t want to go into details, I just want to share to you
quotable quotes from this novel which somehow created an impact to me as a
person, as a friend, as a family and as a wallflower.
Quote Number 1:
“Well, there are rules you follow here not because you want
to, but because you have to. You get it?"
- Patrick
Quote Number 2:
“The thing is some girls think they can actually change
guys. And what’s funny is that if they actually did change them, they’d get
bored. They’d have no challenge left. You just have to give girls some time to
think of a new way of doing things, that’s all. Some of them will figure it out
here. Some later. Some never. I wouldn’t worry about it too much.”
-Patrick
Quote Number 3:
“Charlie, we accept the love we think we deserve.”
-Bill
Quote Number 4:
“Not everyone has a sob story, Charlie, and even if they do,
it’s no excuse.”
-Charlie's dad
Quote Number 5:
“I feel infinite”
-Charlie
Quote Number 6:
“I’m thankful that my brother played football on television
so nobody fought.”
-Charlie
Quote Number 7:
“I want to make sure that the first person you kiss loves
you. Okay?”
-Sam
Quote number 8:
“The problem with things is that everyone is always
comparing everyone with everyone and because of that, it discredits people”
-Craig
Quote Number 9:
“The best thing to do when you don’t know what to do during
anything sexual is pay attention to how that person is kissing you and kiss
them back the same way.”
-Sam
Quote Number 10:
“I want you to stop smoking, you hear? Because I really do
love you”
-Charlie's sister
Quote Number 11:
“I know I’m your old man, but…you can’t be too careful these
days, and wear protection, and if she
says no, then you have to assume she means it…because if you force her to do
something she doesn’t want to do, then you’re in big trouble, mister …and even
if she says no, and really means yes, then quite frankly she’s playing games
and isn’t worth the price of dinner.”
-Charlie's Father
Quote Number 12:
“You know, Patrick? If I were gay, I’d want to date you.”
-Charlie
Quote Number 13:
“Very easy to read, but very hard to read well.”
-Bill
Quote Number 14:
“If you ever do this again, I’ll tell everyone. And if that
doesn’t work, I’ll blind you.”
-Charlie
Quote Number 15:
“Charlie, you’re so stupid sometimes.”
-Sam
Quote Number 16:
“You ever think, Charlie, that our group is the same as any
other group like the football team? And the only real difference between us is
what we wear and why we wear it?”
-Patrick
Quote Number 17:
“Be skeptical about this one. It’s a great book. But try to
be a filter, not a sponge.”
-Bill
Quote Number 18:
“Do you know that? Charlie, you’re one of the most gifted people
I’ve ever known. And I don’t mean in terms of my other students. I mean in terms
of anyone I’ve ever met. That’s why I gave you the extra work. I was wondering
if you were aware of that?”
-Bill
Quote Number 19:
“Any press is good press.”
-Charlies Father
Quote Number 19:
“I thought that your being sad was much more important to me
than Craig not being your boyfriend anymore. And if it meant that I would never
get to think of you that way, as long as you were happy, it was okay. That’s
when I realized that I really loved you.”
-Charlie
Quote Number 20:
“It’s great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone,
but what about when someone doesn’t need a shoulder. What if they need the arms
or something like that? You can’t just sit there and put everybody’s lives ahead
of yours and think that counts as love. You just can’t. You have to do things”
-Sam
Quote Number 21:
“At those times, you weren’t being his friend at all. Because
you weren’t honest with him.”
-Sam
Quote Number 22:
“It’s just that I don’t want to be somebody’s crush. 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.
And if they do something I don’t like, I’ll tell them.”
-Sam
Quote Number 23:
“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. “
-Sam
Quote Number 24:
“Maybe it’s good to put things in perspective, but sometimes,
I think that the only perspective is to really be there. “
-Sam
Whoaaa. Those 24 quotes I shared above are really good
right? I hope you do enjoy it as much as I enjoyed it. But wait, I want to
share to you a poem written by unknown author that has been included in the
story. Charlie read this in their Christmass party and everyone went speechless
when they heard this poem. It goes like this:
Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines he wrote a
poem
And he called it “Chops” because that was the name of his dog
And that’s what it was all about And his teacher gave him an
A and a gold star
And his mother hung it on the kitchen door and read it to
his aunts
That was the year Father Tracy took all the kids to the zoo
And he let them sing on the bus
And his little sister was born with tiny toenails and no
hair
And his mother and father kissed a lot
And the girl around the corner sent him a Valentine signed
with a row of X’s
and he had to ask his father what the X’s meant
And his father always tucked him in bed at night
And was always there to do it
Once on a piece of white paper with blue lines he wrote a
poem
And he called it “Autumn” because that was the name of the season
And that’s what it was all about
And his teacher gave him an A
and asked him to write more clearly
And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door because of
its new paint
And the kids told him that Father Tracy smoked cigars
And left butts on the pews
And sometimes they would burn holes
That was the year his sister got glasses with thick lenses
and black frames
And the girl around the corner laughed when he asked her to
go see Santa Claus
And the kids told him why his mother and father kissed a lot
And his father never tucked him in bed at night
And his father got mad when he cried for him to do it.
Once on a paper torn from his notebook he wrote a poem
And he called it “Innocence: A Question” because that was
the question about his girl
And that’s what it was all about
And his professor gave him an A and a strange steady look
And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door because he
never showed her
That was the year that Father Tracy died
And he forgot how the end of the Apostle’s Creed went
And he caught his sister making out on the back porch
And his mother and father never kissed or even talked
And the girl around the corner wore too much makeup
That made him cough when he kissed her but he kissed her
anyway because that was the thing to do
And at three A.M. he tucked himself into bed his father
snoring soundly
That’s why on the back of a brown paper bag
He tried another poem
And he called it “Absolutely Nothing” Because that’s what it
was really all about
And he gave himself an A and a slash on each damned wrist
And he hung it on the bathroom door because this time he
didn’t think he could reach the kitchen.
If you think the poem is a suicide note, you are right.
I guess I have to end this letter now, I need to prepare and
go to work, and I don’t know if I will write you letter again. Maybe someday.
But for now, bye bye.
Somehow, I am INFINITE.
Love Always,
ProvokedThoughts
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