perks_of_being_a_wallflower
MollyCule Some of my favorite quotes from the book--

So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I am still trying to figure out how that could be.

And I wonder if anyone is really happy. I hope they are. I really hope they are.

Five minutes of a lifetime were truly spent, and we felt young in a good way.

I love Twinkies, and the reason I am saying that is because we are all supposed to think of reasons to live.


"I want to make sure that the first person you kiss loves you. Okay?"

It was vast and open and thinly quiet, and I felt so small.

I drove home listening to some of those songs we listened to those times when we were infinite.

I wanted to remember everything. Especially the sound of her voice.

-by Stephen Chbosky
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stupidpunkgirl i read the last few pages for speech class a few years ago...unfortuneately i don't think they appreiciated it as they should have.. 010806
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matt my mom told me someone from her work's kid read this book and she forced me into it...it changed my life pretty much 011004
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velvetdesire Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines
he wrote a poem
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 he was always there to do it

Once on a piece of white paper with blue lines
he wrote a poem
And he called itAutumn
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 it’s 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 itInnocence: A Question
because 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 itAbsolutely 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.


(pg 70-73)

this book
entered me
& hasn't left
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silentbob my new friend sara was telling me about this book. i met her at the dashboard_show 020401
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girl_jane I want to read this now. It will be number one on my 'books to read when i get time' list... 020401
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yummyC and in that moment we were infinite. 020401
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yummychuckle this is a really well written book. I really don't know what else to say but wow. Its a unique perspective and the style is new and not so worn out like many books I've read. 020401
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girl_jane I'm already in love with the book from what I've read here. I will find this book and love it more. 020402
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Casey I got the book yesterday. I had never known about it till now. And I tanks you all for telling me about it. I started the book at 11:00 and didn't finish until 3:00 A.M. After every letter I just had to say out loud that the book was awesome and reflect on what was said. I had to read every letter over again just so I could make it sink in even more deepely.

I think I saw some of myself reflected in Charlie, I think everyone can. All of Charlie's experiences were great and they will stick with me forever.

"And in that moment, I swear we were infinite."
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girl_ Casey-I'd like to say a huge THANK YOU for letting me borrow your copy. I'll have it back to you as soon as I get it finished. I may have to request it for my birthday from my mom or something...just so I can mark my favorite lines and such. 020409
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girl_jane oops-I pressed 'enter' too soon.

That was me-
020409
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girl_jane I'm enjoying this book waaaay too much for my own good... 020410
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eklektic this is my favorite book. it totally changed my perspective on life. the first person i gave it to was Lisa. she loved it and read it twice before giving it back. i gave it to many people after that. most memorably, Dave. he then got it secretly taken by Chris who read it and gave it to Steve, who cried on his bed after he read it. he gave it back to Dave. he got it stolen by Austin, who crossed out anything inside or outside the book that said MTV because he is anti-MTV. he then gave it to James who gave it to Dave...not the same Dave who had it first. then the first Dave got it back. and then Steve bought it and brought it to school to show me. and Austin bought it in Chicago. and James bought it. then Kate bought it, two copies, and Alana read my copy and bought it. and Bevan read my copy. and Mrs.Vanderlann started reading my copy, but said it was too Mellon Collie for her. and Chrissy read it. and Tara read my copy. and Leroy read my copy - and said he skipped some parts because they made him feel uncomfortable. and i still have people on a waiting list to read it. and i still have the copy that i let everyone borrow - its torn, and taped and highlighted and written in. its one of the most valuable books i own. because it connects me with all of my friends who read it too. plus, I signed Dave #1's yearbook "Charlie" and have made many mixed tapes for many of my friends and i've heard "asleep" by the smiths and taken an infinite drive with the Steve who cried. and yes - we've looked for issues of Punk Rocky. 020426
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girl_jane When he talks about feeling infinite, I know exactly how he feels at times, and it is beautiful... 020426
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Kate Tracee had been telling me about this book since 8th grade track season, when our favourite topics of conversation were Rustyn and Johnny Lang. I finally read it this year, now that we're sophomores, and I loved it from the start. I always have my copy somewhere near me, right now it's next to my computer b/c I was typing up the passages that I'm reading for my "dramatic interpretation" speech for speech class. Someone should definately make some Punk Rocky issues and put them next to the Free Times and the Scene at the store and library, I can imagine what the cover would look like and Patrick's picture on the back. I've been trying to find more about Dr. Earl Reum, the author of the poem, because I want to know if he is alright too. I want someone to think I'm beautiful like Sam is and I want to write cryptic but relatable letters to people who don't sleep with people at parties even though they could have. 020427
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silentbob for the first time in forever i feel like i was on the same level as someone for the duration of having my eyes go over words printed on pages talking to someone who wasn't me. and i laughed when he laughed, and i wanted to cry when he wanted to cry, and i grabbed my chest as my heart clenched when sam said "I Love You" and my stomach hurt when he found out about his aunt Helen. and when the book was over i was depressed because i didn't want any of it to ever be over.

i think a movie, well done, could do it excellent justice.

he wrote : do you ever wish you could fall asleep for 1000 years or just cease to exist?

and i wrote a poem about falling asleep for 1000 years when i was 16 like him.

and i make mixtapes. and i was in love with someone 3 years older when i was his age. and they all left me.

"i think they should have masturbation breaks at work, though i suppose that would affect productivity"

"her eyes were the kind of green that didn't make a big deal of itself"
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Sailor Jupiter I really liked this book. My friend that let me read her sopy said the main character pissed her off b/c he was so weepy. "You know, some people have feelings," I said. I liked him. 020610
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Sailor Jupiter I long for the day when I can turn to someone and say, "I feel infinite." 020610
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Kate I bought another copy at the half-price bookstore with three girls, two of which will probably never feel infinite, this past weekend where I felt infinite for 2 minutes and 25 seconds and the nervous hours before that. But I couldn't share the feeling with anyone and I was sad. Back at the hotel, I excitedly held up the two copies of Perks. "Look girls," I exclaimed. "Two copies of them!". They looked at me and asked me what it was about, and I told them in brief that it was about a boy who goes through a nervous breakdown of a sort but discovers who he is and discovers life at the same time. They nodded and smiled. 020610
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squint i mailed my copy across the country to josh.
he should appreciate it i think.
he will either appreciate it, or be above it.
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jg I read this book a little while ago. When I read it, I was happy. I was feeling. I had been numb for so long. When I finished the book, I went numb again. I should read it again to feel something. This book and that certain star of a boy are the only things that could make me feel. 020612
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-{::EphemeralArcs::}- I read this book at blather_recommendation.

I thought it was a good book, but not a great book. Perhaps from blather hypes I believed in something that might possibly never exist.

But, corresponding to myself, I felt the novel tired. Because I felt like that once, and still do sometimes. And because, I've read about themes like that too often, and that too, makes me tired.

The things that did excite me, were the reveal-ations that covers itself under the bed covers of every novel, that piece of soul and wisdom that any author weaves into any writing.

The rest, to me, is all just starting to seem a clever presentation.

If someone can suggest me a book, where the wit actually does change from this old new feeling of what is artistic, please hail me from your province, in any form of communication, and recomend me anew.
.thankyou.
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silentbob high_fidelity 020614
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kerry i just got this book 15 minutes ago! yay for me. 020614
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Syrope i want this book! 020624
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yummychuckle bobby, dummy, i read it! my comments are posted here!
ur cray zee.
i read it. i read it.
and im even pretty sure i talked to u about it.

(just in response to email. my email isnt working so yeah...)
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cheer-up-emo-kid I wish I had friends like charlie had. 020624
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kerry i wish i had friends like charlie 020624
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Syrope i have this book. i will read it tonight. 020624
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Dafremen You get invited to my parties!

see also: party_at_dafs_house
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Kate I have a new friend named Alex, short for Alexandra, who had also read it. I was so glad to find out that she had. She is a year younger, and much smarter than I am, but she is so interesting and fresh. Thank you, Alex. 020625
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Syrope i loved it! i think i would have connected with it better if i were into the whole illegal drug use and underage drinking thing...but even though i'm not, i really loved the format and related to some of the characters in their sober moments 020625
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cheer-up-emo-kid [Sing me to sleep
Sing me to sleep
I'm tired and I
I want to go to bed
Sing me to sleep
Sing me to sleep
And then leave me alone
Don't try to wake me in the morning
Cause I will be gone
Don't feel bad for me
I want you to know
Deep in the cell of my heart
I will feel so glad to go
Sing me to sleep
Sing me to sleep
I don't want to wake up
On my own anymore
Don't feel bad for me
I want you to know
Deep in the cell of my heart
I really want to go
There is another world
There is a better world
Well, there must be
Well, there must be
Bye bye]

"Asleep"
The Smiths
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girl_jane I ordered this book yesterday. It should be here 08/08-08/14. I hope it's the 8th. I also ordered three other books-The Fuck-up, Dogrun, and Brave New Girl. Has anybody read any of those three? 020729
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thea this book is true. 's all i can say really. i suppose in some ways it's a bit plotless, and you can imagine that it's reality. the narrator is this quiet boy who likes the word "incidentally" and is sweet about everything, in a way. and he's so real. and he forgives people when they hurt him...
i don't quite understand what this site is, but i think i like it.
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kerry Brave New Girl is a wonderful book. it's one of my favorites. it's similar to perks_of_being_a_wallflower only because it's written in a very contemporary style. anyways, i like picking that book up and reading certain parts all over again. then i skim to other parts and before i know it i have read the entire book through. anyways, tell me how you likeit. 020820
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*nat* WOT A STUPID FUCKING THINGTO TALK ABOUT! R U ALL FUCKED UP OR SUMFIN?????
sory abaout that , a release of tension that i can think of no other way to release, actually.....
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nightcrawler what is your fucking problem? 020820
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silentbob im borrowing brave new girl from betsy. she said it reminded her of a girl version of perks of being a wallflower. i can see that a little bit. you should read shopgirl too.
doris borrowed it from me today, so i borrowed an asianman records sampler from her for the tuesday song on it. hopefully melanie will order it for me
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Mallory This book is beautiful. It really makes you think and is really so insightful. my favorite part is where he wants a girl that is unconventionally beautiful. I want that. But the part that spoke loudest to me was when patrick realize the stupidity and hypocrisy of the punk thing. Its all the same. I make everyone read this book and mark the parts they like. Its something you should share with everyone, just like you soul 021001
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squint i kinda want my copy back from josh now. 021001
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silentbob if i highlighted the parts i liked, the entirety of the text would be the same color as its cover 021002
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Freak absolutely a great book. I just finished reading it today and now I MUST have a copy of my own. The only way I feel I can describe the book completly is to say that it is "real" 021009
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girl_jane I want to be beautiful like Sam... 021110
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screwing for virginity i am not ashaimed to say that i cried all durring the last few letters, and for a few miins after i was done.

a friend let me borrow it, but i let someone else borrow it and i want to re-read it before i give it back. god i love this book. im gunna buy my own copy to highlight and make notes in.
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Chilly D It's good.. for the moment. I just finished reading it. You think it's great for a day, and tomorrow it's just another book. I wish I could read a book that could infinitely phase me and make me want to be a better person. There's one out there... I'm sure. I don't know how many times I've read a book and thought, Damn this is the greatest book I've ever read. They are good ... for the moment. This book was the best I've read.. next to Still' Can't See Nothin' Comin' By- Daniel Grey Marshall. Read that one... 320 pgs. in a day... it's quite good. 030114
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Fivel Can't wait to read it. 030209
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beorn i just ordered the book from amazon.com after reading was said above. I will be sure to give my feedback when finished. 030412
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screwing for virginity when ever i see a person reading that book i walk by and tell them it is really good (as if they needed my input). they are alwase about 2/3 done and say they read it all that day. 030413
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ferret ... one of my friends knew the person who wrote that book.... i really want to read it because he's a great writer. 030414
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beorn I finished it. Thats a pretty powerful book. I love the LSD part. I jsut whatched American Beauty for english class. Amazing things are happening in my head. Its great. 030421
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FriedJack 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 bout 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 whent
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.
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silentbob I like how people don't check before posting things.

i am also guilty of this.


susan said the book was poorly written.


i had a dream involving christmas and the smiths.
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browneyedgirl amazing book...the only book i've ever read that made me cry...i've read it about 4 times and every time i discover something new i love about it...it's truly incredible 030616
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sarah_dc My favorite book ever. It really kind of changed the way I think and its always with me. 030920
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chris i love this book, it's the best i've ever read. I liked brave new girl to. I want to read don't sleep with your drummer but i can't find it anywhere. Has anyone read it 031002
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silentbob I read perks of being a wallflower and went around telling everyone to read it, loaning my copy to everyone so they could read it too. Telling everyone it was the best book ever.
Then my friend susan looked at me almost offended and said, "The best book ever? Are you kidding? It was sentimental bullshit! What the fuck!"
and i wouldn't have any of it and i quickly shut my ears to her and ran away.
And then i read house_of_leaves and it blew my fucking mind. and i was trying to tell someone about it, how it was a good book, how it was the book that would affect them the most ever.
and she wouldnt have it. Shes like NO NO NO!!! READ PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER! ITS THE BEST BOOK EVER!!!!

And suddenly i had an inkling as to what susan was talking about.
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endless desire i want to read it
who wants to lend me a copy, eh?
is broke.
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notme blather_book_swap ? 031011
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and then she says: yes please! 031011
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Death of a Rose Hmmm.....you all seem to see this a positive read. Well, I'm not going to rebel against the obvious. I'm going to try and find it as soon as I am able. 031012
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girl_jane I'm trying to get some of my new friends to read it because I think they would greatly appreciate it. Mainly Meg and Hallie...

I love it when people love this book. It makes me happy.
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whitechocolatewalrus tis yummyness. 031223
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edededededendlessdesire can't someone let me read it? 031223
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whitechocolatewalrus id send it to you if you want 031223
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endless desire it's everything. simply everything.
i read it today. just sat down and read it and didn't stop. towards the end my heart was beating so fast and i didn't close my mouth and when i finally did i few minutes later, it was dry. i was breathing it hard and then it ended and i think i felt infinite. no, i know i did. and now life seems like a bunch of questions and not just dead ends. i handed it to mum right there. said she had to read it. and when she is done this afternoon i will read it again and maybe one more time before bed. because i think i will get more from it every time. and the characters will build and build until they are real. i will marry charlie since we are exactly the same age and because he likes the_catcher_in_the_rye and because sam is away at college and because i think i could understand him. because i want and need a charlie. won't someone be my charlie? this book will keep me company. i need something to forfill me even if it isn't real. existance scares me and the more i remember im not a doll or a made thing, the more real life seems, the more frightening, the more alone. i need to write to someone like that. i need to have a friend who won't judge me but listen but im too afraid. if i explode, won't you pick up the pieces? i dont know what to think because it's the first book that really blew my mind. and now im not sure where i am. or maybe i_am_gone
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falling_alone i want to feel infinate 040117
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falling_alone i want to feel infinite 040117
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it_always_rains_on_the_unloved the book amazed me. i didn't know other people could describe how it felt inside to be me, to scream my pain out loud and never have anyone hear because nobody wants to see that the world isnt how they want it to be.

this book is genius, and i need to read it again

i want to feel infinite...feeling infinite makes all the pain all the hurt all the tears and bloody scars seem worth it, for just a moment, and remembering how it felt to feel infinite also feels good
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z perspective 040329
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nothingness_is_me i felt infinite before.

but that was a long time ago

with people who aren't around anymore.


where did forever end? it was so quiet i didn't even notice. oh, the perks. of. being. a. wallflower.
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kath i love this book. i read the whole thing last night. it was an awesome book. i must buy my own copy...

i love the quote about being happy and sad at the same time.
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katia this is the most amazing book i have ever read in my life. it's full of nothing but truths, and i cried through the whole entire book. stephen chbosky is my hero. 040424
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iNsEcUrE_GoTh_GiRl i just finished reading it
i expected it to be very different to this
im going to read it again
and again
until i understand each and every tiny word
and then
i will read it again
just because its fucking realistic
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just me is you can disappear if you want to 040622
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skinny i bought this book after reading the poem at the top of this page, and yeah its like you guys said. my friends wouldn't like this book at all 040627
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globalfruitbat i'll just echo everyone else--I love this book. and it makes me happy that otehrs love it too. 040814
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cpgurrl "i don't know who my secret santa is but i think it is mary ellen, bc only she would give me socks."

i loved the book, i want 2 buy it.

i think that it is written in a very childish style, though, like charlie was 7 instead of 16...like he had autism, maybe? it is a v. clever tecnique, esp. since he often winds up saying more than he wanted 2. it makes me wonder if he understands the books he's reading...?
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cntstnd Introduced me to the value of the printed word. 040918
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infinite_youth I'm new to blather, but Perks has been my favorite book for about two years now, which is saying quite a bit, considering how many books I've read. This book is the sort that is beautiful without making a big deal about itself. It creeps into your soul without you noticing. It's your best friend and your worst enemy because it raises the questions you were too scared, too lonely, too busy to think of yourself. It leaves you more complex yet more simple than you were in the beginning. It's rare. 041106
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Piso Mojado 'we accept the love we think we deserve' 050204
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once again And I read it cover to cover and I read it again as soon as I finished crying. And when I was fnished I dug your address out of the place where I had hidden all the traces of you and I wrote you a letter that I copied almost word for word from it's pages and I mailed it. I have heard nothign from you since. 050205
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kelc on my second time. i love it. i can really, relate to Charlie, though i have no Sam and am no one's Sam. 050319
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kelc i just gave it to my best friend. She circled all the parts she liked, while mine are underlined. The TA had it for a while, and now shes buying a copy for her brother. This book is just so beautiful. 050526
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thorn one of my pseudo-friends is making fun of me because i keep reading this book. i know she's only doing this because her family is stressing her out, but god, i want her to back off. i love this book. it makes me feel. and i identify with charlie, like almost everyone else, and the way he thinks.
i don't need her making fun of me. i have enough things to deal with.
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anne-girl i read this in the library the other day

must go read it again
... it seems to me to be the kind of book which makes more sense the second time
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zanna charlie, are you out there somewhere?
i want to feel you like i did before.
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Ziltzy I love this book. I was very inspired by it, but I dont own it, I checked it out from the Library...can someone please send me the track listing of the cd that charlie made? I wish I had written it down. 051027
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national hero i had no idea this book had such a wealth of fans. power to you all. 060322
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poet i hate that this book had to end. i just wanted to keep reading it forever. its such a small little book but it has so much impact. 060426
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KISA wow just wow! i dont konw what to say its amazing breathtaking and soul shaking 060427
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epitome of incomprehensibility Read it last summer. Great bookybook, honest and insightful. Not only was it well-written, but it gave me a guiltily pleasurable emotional high.
(epitome, ever the sentimental romantic, starts to sniff)
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pSyche I don't remember the book half so well as I remember the feelings. Almost as if it were something I myself had lived.
Unforgettable.
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whispering shadows i had found an avatar with manny qoutes from the book on it- i found them amazing tho at the time i did not know they were from the perks of being a wallflower- i got cureus one day and looked up one of the qoutes and just had to get the book from my library- its siting next to me and i read it in one day around 3 days ago.could not put it down. it rocked my worald-i wanted to cry. no book had hit me soo hard since i 1st read catcher in the rye. charlie is real- as real as any one can be.
he makes me want to make mix tapes for all my friends insted of buying things- iv alwase been more in favor of the thought and time of a gift than anyhting- and mixtapes is just the thing.
my fave line has to be " you cant go on puting others lifes ahead of your oun and thinking that counts as love- you just cant"
i need to buy this book
and i ned to drive through a tunal in my pickup truck- or make my friend drive and ill stand in the bed
i want to feal infinite
i want to feal anything
and i want to be beutiful like sam
and out going like patrick

most people i know wont apreasheat this book the way i do- and its good to know there are people out there who do
( sorry fot the terible spelling but i simply cant spell)
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no reason i just read this book, and i don't really want to say much about it because i don't think i'll do it justice, but my favourite thing about it was how it was so insightful in such an innocent way. i think that's rare.

charlie reminded me of a couple of people i know, or at least how i imagine they would have been in high school. i'm lucky to know them.
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my name it means nothin I remember this book. Read it freshman year. Yep, the typical experience, stayed up reading the whole thing all night, and cried (probably trying too hard to feel, but it was good, and I guess real) and nearly had a seizure of hope and excitement everytime he mentioned the beatles or any musical thing I knew...
I have to say, it's amazing how popular this book is considering that at the time I had SO much in common with Charlie, and considering that I am so weird. lol. I mean I don't think everyone's as weird as me ;). Yeah, this is a great book for people who call eveything beautiful, who love intellectual rebels, and apparently there's also a trend of obsession with "real"-ness that goes along with this book.

But now all I can say is that this book along with other similar things fueled a hopefulness that never came to anything for me. Looking back, this book is pretty much all about "relateableness"...it's like a therapy session or a friend. So yeah, it's not great literature (but I don't appreciate "great literature" anyway), but if you read it at the right time, it can be....well..."infinite".
And, I admit that I'd still like to find some friends like that, and that it would probably still hit me 4 years later....even if I realize that it IS a cliche intellectual outcast rebel thing.
I guess this book was a secret revolution in the minds/hearts of a lot of people...
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unhinged oh charlie
a boy after my own heart

good enough to read twice or three or four times



yes, maybe not grammatically perfect; much like a blathe. maybe that's why i like it so much.
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IGG http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118019620.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&ref=bd_film

I heard about this book on here,
and read it 6 years ago, looking at my last blathe here.

Opinions?

Personally,
I doubt they will do it justice, and it irritates me that something I found a secret,
shared on blather,
linking me to all you other skites in the same way as blather itself,
is going to be ripped open,
and it's innards paraded on international screens by named celebrities,
all in the name of profit.
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silentbob they did end up making it into a movie, the same year as enders_game. It was alright, too. 140121
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