The 2012 coming-of-age film written and directed by Stephen Chbosky has achieved a sort of cult classic status. The Perks Of Being A Wallflower is one of those movies that feature on many of the best coming-of-age movies lists. Logan Lerman, Ezra Miller, and Emma Watson star in this beautifully warm film. The movie was a critical and commercial success and continues to live on in the collective memories of the teenagers, who are in some cases now adults, who watched the film.
Touching upon difficult topics, the movie does a wonderful job of portraying the highs and lows of adolescence. Logan Lerman, Ezra Miller, and Emma Watson give amazing performances in the film. Here are 10 quotes from the film that will definitely make you feel things.
10 "And There Are People Who Forget What It's Like To Be 16 When They Turn 17."
In the final monologue in The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, Logan Lerman's character Charlie says this line as part of the larger monologue in a voiceover. It's one of those scenes that will be etched forever in the minds of the viewers of the film.
This quote is able to succinctly express the immense feelings of being 16 and being a teenager. It asks for everyone to pause for a second and to try and recollect how they felt like when they were young as well.
9 "Welcome To The Island Of Misfit Toys."
Emma Watson's Sam speaks this line to Charlie at his first ever party. Patrick (Ezra Miller) toasts to Charlie at the party and everyone joins in. It is a very well written line about all of the "misfits" at the party who didn't belong with the "popular" kids at school.
Sam welcomes Charlie into this group, which is essentially comprised of people who felt like they didn't fit in with everyone else. Charlie doesn't have any other friends, so this group of misfits becomes his friends. And he fits in perfectly with the misfits.
8 "We Accept The Love We Think We Deserve."
Paul Rudd plays Mr. Anderson who is Charlie's English teacher and mentor. He delivers one of the most poignant lines of the film. Charlie doesn't understand why his sister sticks with the boyfriend who hits her and approaches Mr. Anderson asking him, "Why do nice people choose the wrong people to date?" Mr. Anderson replies to this with the line above.
The quote is full of meaning and is one of those things that viewers will ponder upon long after the movie is over. This line is relevant to most of the characters in the movie.
7 "We Can't Choose Where We Come From But We Can Choose Where We Go From There."
This quote is part of a bigger monologue wherein Charlie talks about what his doctor told him. Charlie leaves the hospital after he gets better and his doctor reminds him that while events of his past were not in his control, and just happened to him, he doesn't have to let it define the rest of his life.
It's a difficult thing to do when there are so many hurtful things in the past, but his doctor tells him that he must make sure that he knows that he has power over his future.
6 "You Can't Just Sit There And Put Everybody's Life Ahead Of Yours And Think That Counts As Love."
Sam says this to Charlie after she asks him why he never asked her out. He replies to that saying he didn't think that's what she wanted. Upon hearing this, she asks him what he wanted and why he never acted on what he wanted.
People think of love as different things. Charlie and Sam, the viewers come to see, had viewed it differently. Sam thought that love is something that should be openly showed and expressed. Charlie thought that love was about putting the needs of everyone else around him ahead of his own.
5 "You See Things And You Understand. You're A Wallflower."
Patrick says these lines as he asks people to raise their glasses to Charlie. The movie gets its title from this particular element of Charlie's character. These lines spoke to many shy, misfit teenagers who were quiet in the otherwise boisterous environment of high school.
Charlie observes everyone quietly, he listens, and so he is able to understand people a lot better than most people. This makes him a great friend and person. Patrick and Sam see this; they see the many wonderful qualities that Charlie has and they make him part of their group.
4 "Why Can't You Save Anybody?"
Patrick says this line which will be very relatable to most teenagers and young adults. You see your friends and the people you love, make decisions that are bound to hurt them. Yet you are unable to talk them out of it or help them do otherwise.
There is an incredible frustration that comes with being helpless that Patrick vocalizes in this line. It rightly captures the sentiment of the movie, that sometimes, you will only learn when you fall, there's no simple way out.
3 "I Know These Will All Be Stories Someday. And Our Pictures Will Become Old Photographs. We'll All Become Somebody's Mom Or Dad. But Right Now These Moments Are Not Stories. This Is Happening."
Viewers will have to admit that Stephen Chbosky just writes too well. He is able to frame the sentiments and feelings of teenagers so perfectly and capture them especially well in the final scene of the movie. Charlie's voiceover in the final sequence of the film contains these lines is brilliant, and the scene itself is wonderful.
Audiences are bound to feel goosebumps. Stephen Chbosky puts it perfectly when he says that being a teenager is about the immensity of feelings they feel when things are happening around them and to them.
2 "Let's Go Be Psychos Together."
Sam says this particular line to Charlie after they reunite after a brief dispute between them. It's her way of welcoming him back to her life, as well as back to the group.
Like the "island of misfit toys" line, this line invokes a sense of camaraderie as well, a sort of camaraderie between the kids who are considered weird. It's a joyful occasion for Charlie to get back with his friends and Sam delivers this line with a charming smile.
1 "We Are Infinite."
This is probably the most quoted line of The Perks Of Being A Wallflower. In three words, it is able to capture the entire essence of the film. It is one of the most recognizable lines from the film. It appears in the book as well, the movie ends with these three words. It's the final part of Charlie's last voiceover monologue.
It is about that feeling that is not describable in any other way than this. Charlie, Patrick, and Sam are in the car and they drive through the tunnel and David Bowie's "Heroes" blares out. Even though the events have dwindled, this line is the crescendo of the film.
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