The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) - Quotes

The Power of Music in Life

Songs: [[David Bowie; [Brian Eno; [w:Heroes (David Bowie song)|"Heroes"] * ] and ], ]

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Yearning for Connection and Heroism

Songs: I, I wish you could swim like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim Though nothing, nothing will keep us together we can beat them, for ever and ever Oh we can be heroes, just for one day.

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Understanding Love and Affection

Sam: Charlie, I know that you know that I like Craig. But I want to forget about all that for a minute, okay?

Charlie: Okay.

Sam: I just want to make sure that the first person who kisses you loves you. Okay?

Charlie: I love you, too.

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Desire for Simple Pleasures

Sam: How do you feel, Charlie?

Charlie: I just really want a milkshake.

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Struggling with Academic Expectations and Self-Perception

Mr. Callahan: [looking at Patrick's terrible attempt at the Shop class term project] You've gotta be kidding me.

Patrick: Remember, if you fail me you get me again next semester...

Patrick: C minus, ladies and gentlemen! I am below average!

Sam: Below average!

Patrick: Below average!

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Football Enthusiasm and Humor in Conversation

Charlie: Do you like football?

Patrick: [cheering] LOVE it. Be aggressive! Passive aggressive!

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The Love We Think We Deserve

Sam: Why do I and everyone I love pick people who treat us like we're nothing?

Charlie: We accept the love we think we deserve.

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Creative Ideas for Writing Inspiration

Charlie: I really wanna be a writer but I don't know what I'd write about.

Sam: You can write about us.

Patrick: Call it "The Slut and the Falcon." Make us solve crimes.

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Making Friends on the First Day

Bill: You know they say if you make one friend on your first day you'll do good.

Charlie: If my English teacher is the only friend I make today, that'll be sorta depressing.

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Acceptance of Love and Self-Worth

Bill: We accept the love we think we deserve.

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Life as an After School Special

Patrick: Oh, my God. My life is officially an after school special.

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The Importance of Self-Care in Love

Sam: You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things.

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Embracing Adventures in Unconventional Friendships

Sam: Let's go be psychos together.

Embracing Uniqueness and Belonging

Sam: Welcome to the island of misfit toys.

Understanding Complex Emotions After Loss

Charlie: If my Aunt Helen were still here, I could talk to her and I know she would understand how I'm both happy and sad. And I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.

Embracing the Moment of Connection and Life

Charlie: [[people; [song; [people; [love; [world; [infinite] I don't know if I will have the time to write any more letters because I might be too busy trying to participate. So if this does end up being the last letter I just want you to know that I was in a bad place before I started high school and you helped me. Even if you didn't know what I was talking about or know someone who has gone through it, you made me not feel alone. Because I know there are ] who say all these things don't happen. And there are people who forget what it's like to be 16 when they turn 17. I know these will all be stories someday. And our pictures will become old photographs. We'll all become somebody's mom or dad. But right now these moments are not stories. This is happening, I am here and I am looking at her. And she is so beautiful. I can see it. This one moment when you know you're not a sad story. You are alive, and you stand up and see the lights on the buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And you're listening to that ] and that drive with the ] you ] most in this ]. And in this moment I swear, we are ].

Embracing Authenticity and Experiencing Life Fully

Charlie: [[know; [change; [friends; [life; [laugh; [strange; [love; [wonder; [infinite] It’s much easier to not ] things sometimes. Things ] and ] leave. And ] doesn’t stop for anybody. I wanted to ]. Or maybe get mad. Or maybe shrug at how ] everybody was, especially me. 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. You can’t just sit there and put everybody’s lives ahead of yours and think that counts as ]. You just can’t. You have to do things. I’m going to do what I want to do. I’m going to be who I really am. And I’m going to figure out what that is. And we could all sit around and ] and feel bad about each other and blame a lot of people for what they did or didn’t do or what they didn’t know. I don’t know. I guess there could always be someone to blame. It’s just different. Maybe it’s good to put things in perspective, but sometimes, I think that the only perspective is to really be there. Because it’s okay to feel things. I was really there. And that was enough to make me feel ]. I feel infinite.

Choosing Our Path Forward

Charlie: [[reasons; [know; [power] So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of ]. And maybe we’ll never ] most of them. But even if we don’t have the ] to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.