“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
“I would die for you. But I won't live for you.”
“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.”
“Enjoy it. Because it's happening.”
“This moment will just be another story someday.”
“And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”
“It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.”
“He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.”
“I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.”
“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
“I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
“There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”
“So, I guess we are who we are for alot 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 didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough”
“And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain, and that didn't matter.”
“There’s nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”
“It’s strange to think of your teachers as being people.”
“I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it wouldn't change the fact that they were upset. And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have.”
“please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And i will always believe the same about you.”
“Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.”
“Sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.”
“I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that I don’t know if anyone else ever has.”
“And I thought about how many people have loved those songs. And how many people got through a lot of bad times because of those songs. And how many people enjoyed good times with those songs. And how much those songs really mean. I think it would be great to have written one of those songs. I bet if I wrote one of them, I would be very proud. I hope the people who wrote those songs are happy. I hope they feel it's enough. I really do because they've made me happy. And I'm only one person.”
“Try to be a filter, not a sponge.”
“And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have. Good and bad.”
“Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad.”
“And all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the songs you've loved have been heard by other people. And that girl that's pretty to you is pretty to other people. and that if you looked at these facts when you were happy, you would feel great because you are describing 'unity.”
“Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”
“It’s much easier not to know things sometimes.”
“I don't even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere.”
“If you care about somebody, you should want them to be happy. Even if you wind up being left out.”
“It's just hard to see a friend hurt this much. Especially when you can't do anything except 'be there.' I just want to make him stop hurting, but I can't. So I just follow him around whenever he wants to show me his world.”
“Sam and Patrick looked at me. And I looked at them. And I think they knew. Not anything specific really. They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.”
“What about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms?”
“Standing on the fringes of life... offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor.”
“I have decided that maybe I want to write when I grow up. I just don't know what I would write.”
“I wanted to laugh. Or maybe get mad. Or maybe shrug at how strange everyone was, especially me.”
“It was the kind of kiss that made
me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.”
“Normally I am very shy, but [Patrick] seemed like the kind of guy you could just walk up to at a football game even though you were three years younger and not popular.”
“I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and doesn't try to sleep with someone even if they could have. I need to know these people exist.”
“I don't know how much longer I can keep going without a friend. I used to be able to do it very easily, but that was before I knew what having a friend was like.”
“I just wish that God or my parents or Sam or my sister or someone would just tell me what's wrong with me. Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense. To make this all go away.”
“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.”
“I just don't want you to worry about me, or think you've met me, or waste your time anymore.”
“I just hope I remember to tell my kids that they are as happy as I look in my old photographs. And I hope that they believe me.”
“What's your favorite book?
"The last one I read.”
“It's strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that's kind of how it felt.”
“I love Twinkies, and the reason I am saying that is because we are all supposed to think of reasons to live.”
“It's like he would take a photograph of Sam, and the photograph
would be beautiful. And he would think that the reason the
photograph was beautiful was because of how he took it. If I took
it, I would know that the only reason it's beautiful is because of
Sam.”
“I have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book.”
“Patrick and Sam didn’t just throw around inside jokes and make me struggle to keep up. Not at all. They asked me questions.”
“When I write letters, I spend the next two days thinking about what I figured out in my letters. I don’t know if this is good or bad.”
“Sam sat down and started laughing. Patrick started laughing. I started laughing.
And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”
“I love Sam. It’s not a movie kind of love either. I just look at her sometimes, and I think she is the prettiest and nicest person in the world.”
“A lot of kids at school hate their parents. Some of them got hit. And some of them got caught in the middle of wrong lives.”
“You can’t just sit there and put everybody’s lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love.”
“It would be very nice to have a friend again. I would like that even more than a date.”
“I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist.”
“Love pats are soft punches of encouragement that are administered on the knee, shoulder, and arm.”
“Before she left, she hugged me again. Two in one day! I really do love my sister. Especially when she’s nice.”
“He’s my whole world.”
“Don’t ever say that about anyone again. Not even me.”
“It’s like when you’re 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 feel happy for them because you know that if you do, then it means you’re happy, too.”
Patrick then said something I don’t think I’ll ever forget.
“He’s a wallflower.”
And Bob really nodded his head. And the whole room nodded their head. And I started to feel nervous in the Bob way, but Patrick didn’t let me get too nervous. He sat down next to me.
“You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.”