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This quote truly reveals how friendships should be. It should be full of happiness and having a blast with your friends. It also emphasizes the difference between being hurt for a bad reason and being hurt for a good reason. How even though you're hurting in both ways, they're a different feeling, different type of damage and hurt.

I can relate with this quote is  because I can picture myself, laughing so hard, I'm almost crying. It feels amazing the aftermath of laughing, the pain in the stomach. It's a different type of pain. And I have felt both pains, which I can differentiate each one.  And all this pain came because of my best friends, which I felt like Charlie.

This quote connects to Charlie because after his aunt Helen died and his best friend, Michael died, his life changed completely. It turned black and white, nothing else. It was neutral, until he met Sam and Patrick, which changed his life. With them, he felt as if he belonged somewhere, which was a strange feeling for him, and he felt himself around them, which was new to him. And they were his only friends after Micheal.

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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.” The Perks Of being a wallflower by stephen chbosky (pg. 159)

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In the book this quote appears as a poem that Michael gave charlie as a cry for help. Although its the part I choose appears at the end it still gives a big impact. Also bob seas that it was some kids suicide note (Chbosky. 73). Charlie at the beginning was very sad that Michel took his own life and didn’t reach out to him. The funny thing is that people who do that do reach out in one way or another and this poem was Michele way to reaching out for help. Although the dark message and the dark image give a lingering feeling of loss and despair, that's exactly what its meant to do. I chose this quote because when someone is at there all time low they are faced with a decision to make; give up everything and disappear, or take a long hard look on what's going on and find a way to fix it. Everyone has their low points don’t let one take the better of you.

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This quote, as simple as it is with its colloquial language, reaches to the depths of what teenagers, like Charlie, and even including me, feel while growing up. It talks about that soup of emotions that instead of adding the ingredients one by one, you add them all at the same time. Charlie, is constantly looking for the reason that things are, even reasons for why he is feeling the things that he's feeling, just like he did with the math formulas. He always asked why the math formulas worked or were like this or that, just so that he could further understand its' reasoning (Chbosky, 165). Just how he looks for reason in the formulas he's also looking to understand how a set of experiences can make him feel such controversial things. It highlights the mixed feeling we teenagers have while reaching adulthood, and in the most sincere way it defines me. It teaches me that it’s normal to be feeling so many things at once, it’s normal to not be able to control those emotions, and to not know why they are so.

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Quote Project- Padlet- Mariu Pelletier 11A

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“You should tell her how nice her outfit is because her outfit is her choice whereas her face isn’t” (Chbosky 112)

The quotes in this book never fail to amaze me. With this one though, it literally expresses something I have been trying to put into words for years, which is why it is so meaningful to me. This quote is simply saying that when you tell someone how beautiful they are (physically), it should not mean that much to them as opposed to complimenting their inner beauty (like their skills, attributes, qualities  etc) since they weren’t born with those, and rather had to work to get them.

In the book, we see Charlie facing a lot of confusion in many aspects. One of them, is in how to treat a girl. Specifically, Mary Elizabeth, who he's going to Homecoming Dance with. He has no idea what to do in a school dance or how to treat Mary Elizabeth. Therefore, his good friend Sam starts to help him. Sam tells Charlie that if he wanted to compliment her, he should not comment about her face, but instead her outfit, or something similar.

The idea behind this is that if someone compliments you on your face or your body, it's not like the person on the receiving end will take the compliment so personal, since it wasn't their choice to have the face or body that they have. They didn't ask for it as well as they did not work for it, it's just something that came with them when they were born. So, if someone compliments you on your face, it's not going to be as meaningful as if they were complimenting something you did work for, asked for, picked out etc, because it's more personal.

The second I read this quote on the book, I connected to it instantly since like said before, it expresses and signifies something I have been trying to put into words for years. In the past, people have thought that just because they tell me that I'm pretty or beautiful (physically), it will mean a lot to me. Which, it doesn't. When people do that, they are saying something nice about something that just came with me being born... I didn't earn, want, asked or worked for it. It also reflects how in this day and age, most people are focused on someone’s physical and outer beauty rather than their inside. There is a lot more to someone than their looks, which is also something I have been trying to phrase for years.

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This quote truly embodies the struggles humans, especially young people, have to surpass. Throughout the book Charlie is seen battling with his own reality and taking drugs to avoid coming to terms with his own emotions.

It is so common to find people who hide their feelings to protect themselves and show off a strong, joyful character that isn’t them. In some ways society has created stereotypes that contribute to these problems. Painting an image to children of who they should be, instead of letting them be whoever they want. I can personally relate to this quote because I have done things in the past for the benefit of other's and not my own. Looking out for others before myself, which harmed the way I was perceiving my life and how I wanted to continue my journey. Sam talks to Charlie explaining how he should still do the things he wants with his friends, even though he may think they wouldn't appreciate it. To be undeniably himself without the pressure of others judging him (Chbosky, 200). Sam's words opened Charlie's eyes to why he should be  himself and openly speaks about the struggles of growing up. This quote makes the reader come to their own emotions and highlights the importance of remembering who you are.

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Even though Charlie was thinking about a million things that were going wrong in his life and in that moment instead of making a big deal and complain about the inevitable, he just accepted it. Not only accepted but we can see how he became Infinite  and how he was in the moment and nowhere else.. I feel like this is important because it shows the different way Charlie coped with overwhelming situations.A snow angel to me is like taking a “break” from real life,  like a get-away from reality. Just like the tunnel.

I chose this quote because when we are feeling a certain type of way, we think about the past regrets or simply what we should do in the future to fix it, but we never think of not worrying and just living in the moment, doing what you can in that specific moment. it make me happy to know that there is a solution to things even thought it necessary isn't what you planned… at all.

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Language Arts 11B, Perks of Being a Wallflower. Quote

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I chose this quote because the relationship between Charlie and Sam seems interesting for me. They love each other and spend time together but at the same time they can't be together. Sam has Craig as a boyfriend but can't be with Charlie because of that fact that she is not "enough" for him. Due to the fact that they "can't" be together, Sam wanted to make sure that Charlie gets his first kiss from someone who loves him. I think that Sam feels comfort being with Charlie and that she is dating Craig just to be recognized in society.

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"Absolutely Nothing " Because that's what it was really all about and he gave himself an A and a slash on each damned wrist" (Chbosky, Pg. 73)

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"It's like when you are excited for a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel happy. And other times, you see the same couple, and they make you so mad." (Chbosky, Pg. 96)

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"And in that moment, I swear we were infinite." (pg. 39)
I feel related to this quote because I like to appreciate the happy and important moments I share with my friends. Those moments that Charlie would describe in detail, were the most meaningful to him. He would always treasure them because of the fact that he was always depressed and had lost his best friend Micheal, so he knew he should appreciate Sam and Patrick, he knew he would lose them at any moment. Just like Charlie, when I spend time with those who I love, it also makes me feel infinite, since I would hope to experience those moments forever in repeat.

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She really did look sad, and I wished I could have made her feel better, but sometimes, I guess you just can't" pg.115

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I chose this quote because I understand how Charlie feels when he says that he is both happy and sad, it is a strange mindset in which you are simply happy being sad. I chose this picture to represent it because I relate this feeling to driving in a car late at night.

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"Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense. to make this all go away. and disappear."

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Often, society wants to force us to act with the crowd, instead of letting us be ourselves. Charlie struggles with his social identity because of a lack of direction, a feeling I myself know too well, the feeling of loneliness and confusion. As Charlie struggled reintegrate to society and to the hostile environment that is highschool, he quickly becomes the outlier for the way he refuses to do things, as opposed to the things he does, like decorating his locker and showing no emotion (Chbosky 8). What this quote expresses is still true until this day, [Dominican] society continually pushes us to follow the trend and frowns upon individualism , which is essential to preserve one's essence. So, sometimes, it is good to not floss.

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This quote fully describes how the abuse one is willing to withstand depends greatly on their self-esteem and their feeling of self-worth. People are so prone to bringing themselves down and feeling they don't deserve love, that they accept  when they don't receive any whatsoever. That's what Charlie's sister felt like in The Perks of Being a Wallflower after her boyfriend slapped her and she didn't respond (Chbosky 11). She is known to go from boyfriend to boyfriend, and after she was hit, the reader discovers the reason behind her lack of response; she doesn't feel she deserves love unless she searches desperately for it. I can relate to this because at one point in my life, my self esteem was critically low, and when/if I would get bullied, I wouldn't fight back because I was convinced I deserved it. It took me so long to realize this wasn't true, and now that I'm aware that I actually  deserve love, just like everyone, I don't accept anything but from anyone.

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What Charlie's dad wants to convey into him with this quote is the fact that some girls are not worth your time and effort. I connected this quote to Charlie's and Sam's relation since at the moment it's a really passive relationship in which Charlie really wants to be with Sam but struggles to forget about her and continue his life. I found this quote to be impactful because it will put to test if Charlie really wants Sam or if hes going to forget about her and let go.

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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.” (pg. 159)

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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.” The Perks Of being a wallflower by stephen chbosky (pg. 159) (1)

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I chose this quote because it sounds very real to me. Not many quotes in books are as raw and relatable as I find this one to be. In my day to day life I see majority of people say I love you to anyone who does them a favor. After a while it starts to loose the original meaning or the feeling behind actually loving someone. Giving it barely any significance to the person it is being said to, and Charlie realizes it. So he keeps thinking about it and realizes not many people say I like you. Which to us might seem weird to say, but it makes more sense to say that in the situations in which people say they love someone with out the feeling behind it.

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This quote to me is a very important quote. It signifies that no matter what your family has been through, people you grew up with, especially blood related ones, will always worry for each other because they care for one another. To charlie, he is always worried about people around him. But not just because he's a nice person, but because he is worried about how people look at him. But for his family's case, he genuinely does care about everything that happens to his family members. Since he grew up with them, he would care about them just like any other family.
To me, while not often, it does happen to me because if something grave happens to a person of my family, I will react. But I was the last to be born of my family, so I am usually on the receiving end, not the giving end.

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During dark times, humans tend to find something that makes them feel liberated. In the novel, Charlie experiences ups and downs when it comes to his friendship and to his mental health. Although during the book he copes with certain situations by distracting himself or by the usage of drugs, he has a special place that makes him feel infinite which is the tunnel. The tunnel is where he first felt complete and forgot about the world, just the happiness and unity with his friends (Chbosky 29).Whenever Charlie wants to feel connected with his friends or unplugged from the world goes through the tunnel. (Chbosky 213). I felt connected to this quote since whenever I feel I can't cope with stress, I have a place where I can "Unplug" from the world. Is a place where I feel safe, connected but disconnected from the world at the same time and liberated. I also have friends who are like my Sam and Patrick who help me cope with ups and downs and give me the assurance I need.

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"Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. Sam sat down and started laughing. Patrick started laughing. I started laughing. And in that moment I swear we were infinite." (page 39)-3

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Animals' will to withstand certain levels of pain exceed for the reward of pleasure. This not only happens to animals but also to human beings. They both have the same tendency.

There's this ability of unconsciously resisting much more than what is thought in ones mind for satisfaction. This resistance is influenced by the pleasure one later on feels. This desire of pleasure and/or excitement will develop a deeper mental determination to cope, to hold on. Throughout the novel, Charlie sacrifices what he longs for, for the welfare of others. For him, the ability of causing his friends comfort is enough to act a certain way. In a way he wouldn't act primarily.
There are times where one is willing to do anything for the person he loves. For Charlie this person wad Sam. Charlie would withstand situations he would've avoided if weren't for her. This means that both humans and animals decide whether who they care for the most and how far their action would depending on who it was. Personally, I've seen myself and other people going through this same dilemma (giving more than what can be given, or resisting more than what one is able to resist, for love). I would give my everything for some people, however that doesn't mean that I would do it for everyone. The same with the rats. What they care for the most, is what they fight for the hardest.

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"my brother, football, brad, Dave and his girlfriend in my room, the coats, the cold, the winter [...] so I laid down and made a snowball" pg. 99

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“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.” (Chbosky 145)

Life is all about adapting to new changes, that’s why we are in need to learn how to grow by taking advantage of new experiences. This quote emphasizes that no matter what happens, life continues to move forward. As children we expect everything to stay the same. We take for granted that our friends will always be there, and that our life will continue along in the same way that it has been. But the one thing we don’t realize is that change is inevitable. Change is needed in order to grow and learn. We might lose friends or even make new ones, but the thing that would always be hard for us to understand is that these are the changes that we all must go through in order to keep on living.  The changes we go through are the opportunities life gives us to discover who we were, what we are now, and who we wish we could be. I chose this quote because it has taught me why I should not be afraid of changing. I constantly found myself  in situations in which I refuse to try new things because I’m afraid to go out of my comfort zone but what I had not realized is that life is short and it doesn’t stop for anybody, so you might as well make the best out of it by accepting changes. Throughout the book The Perks of Being a Wallflower, we see how many changes occur in Charlie’s life, such as the death of his aunt Helen and best friend Micheal. On the negative side, after the death of his friend Michael, he felt very sad and lonely. He started acting very aloof and did not try to socialize with anyone. Though after time, he met his two best friends, Sam and Patrick, that helped him feel happy and alive and we can confirm that because every time Charlie goes through a tunnel with his friends, he feels infinite (Chbosky 37).

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