's Key Ideas from The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky

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.

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.

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.

This moment will just be another story someday.

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.

We didn't talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough.