Words

Sometimes when you read a book it's ridiculously easy to find the quotes and passages that are popular. It's like, you'll just be reading and then you'll see this sentence and it's obvious that everyone who's ever read that sentence remembers it.

It really is amazing. Like, if I mention The Perks of Being a Wallflower to anyone who's read it, they'll know instantly what I'm talking about when I mention the part where they feel infinite. Obviously, that's good writing.

But, sometimes, you read something and you think that everyone would remember it, and they don't. It just so happens that there's a small passage in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, that I really like. I just searched for it on the Internet though and couldn't find it. Anyways, I flipped through my book and found it fairly quickly, but it surprised me that other people didn't seem to appreciate it as much as me. I personally think it's one of the best parts.

"So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. And I'm going to figure out what that is. But right now I'm here with you. And I want to know where you are, what you need, and what you want to do."

Maybe, I just feel like I relate to Sam, because a couple pages earlier there's this conversation that just feels so much like my life.

" 'I'm really scared to be alone at college.'
'You are?' I asked. I never really thought of that before.
'Just like you're really scared to be alone here.'
'Okay.' I nodded
'So, I'll make you a deal. When things get to be too much at college, I'll call you, and when things get to be too much here, you call me.' "

Yeah, if I haven't ever mentioned this before, leaving is just as hard for the leaver as it is for the leavee. I've been both and I've never liked it.

Well, anyways, I think Sam is awesome. Perks of Being a Wallflower is awesome. Quotes are awesome. Yay to awesome!