"Beauty is a whore, I like money better."
— Michael Cunningham (The Hours)

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
— Maya Angelou

""t's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.""
— Stephen Chbosky

"And in that moment, I swear we were infinite."
— Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

"...we accept the love we think we deserve."
— Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

"The inside jokes weren't jokes anymore. They had become stories. Nobody brought up the bad names or the bad times. And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia. "
— Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

"I would die for you. But I won't live for you."
— Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."
— Oscar Wilde

"It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it."
— Oscar Wilde

"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night."
— Steve Martin