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We accept the love we think we deserve.
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love
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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.
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charlie
favourite-books
soul-searching
wallflower
sad
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Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.
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life
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And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.
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There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.
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I would die for you. But I won't live for you.
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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.
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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.
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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 mo..
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I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.
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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.
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It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.
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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. Or something like that. I think wanting that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. That's why I'm trying not to think. I just want it all to stop spinning.
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sleep
spinning
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This moment will just be another story someday.
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Enjoy it. Because it's happening.
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She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just takes time.
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He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.
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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 becaus..
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songs
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We didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough
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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.
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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.
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unity
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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.
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happiness
life
inspirational
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It's much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody. I wanted to laugh. Or maybe get mad. Or maybe shrug at how strange everybody was, especially me. I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and than make the choice to share it with other people. You can't just sit their and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You j..
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I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.
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happy
sad
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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.
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stephen-chbosky
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I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they're here. If they like their jobs. Or us. And I wonder how smart they were when they were fifteen. Not in a mean way. In a curious way. It's like looking at all the students and wondering who's had their heart broken that day, and how they are able to cope with having three quizzes and a book report due on top of that. Or wondering who did th..
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life
angst
teenager
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Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.
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Sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.
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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.
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It was the kind of kiss that made me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.
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Try to be a filter, not a sponge.
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Maybe it's sad that these are now memories. And maybe it's not sad.
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I walked over to the hill where we used to go and sled. There were a lot of little kids there. I watched them flying. Doing jumps and having races. And I thought that all those little kids are going to grow up someday. And all of those little kids are going to do the things that we do. And they will all kiss someone someday. But for now, sledding is enough. I think it would be great if sledding were always enough, but it isn't.
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life
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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.
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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.
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Asleep by the Smiths Vapour Trail by Ride Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum Dear Prudence by the Beatles Gypsy by Suzanne Vega Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues Daydream by Smashing Pumpkins Dusk by Genesis (before Phil Collins was even in the band!) MLK by U2 Blackbird by the Beatles Landslide by Fleetwood Mac Asleep by the Smiths (again!) -Charlie's mixtape
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playlist
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Stephen Chbosky |
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Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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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.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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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.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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It's much easier not to know things sometimes.
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true
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Stephen Chbosky |
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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. Maybe that is what makes people "participate."
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Stephen Chbosky |
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I don't even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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If you care about somebody, you should want them to be happy. Even if you wind up being left out.
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Stephen Chbosky |
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I have decided that maybe I want to write when I grow up. I just don't know what I would write.
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