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“Most of the parents were crying, but almost none of their kids were. They were so quiet it was unsettling. Hundreds of teenagers
and not a whiff of nervous energy. Here and there a girl would sob and a boy would rush over to hug her—boys practically fought
over who would provide the hugs—but those were brief exceptions.”

“They talked to a lawyer that night. He related a sobering thought. “Dylan isn’t here anymore for people to hate,” he said.
“So people are going to hate you.”

Excerpt From
Columbine
Dave Cullen
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“If the
bombs had gone off as planned, it would have wiped out a quarter of the faculty in the teachers’ longue. But they had been
spared by dumb luck. All but one.”

Typo

I am appalled by the idiocy of the media and Sheriff Stone

“ Some would hit
Redial absentmindedly as they swapped information face-to-face, buzzing their own homes, praying that the machine wouldn’t
pick up this time.”

why??

“You can’t really teach a kid anything: you can only show him the way and motivate him to learn it himself.”

Excerpt From
Columbine
Dave Cullen
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“Eric fancied himself a nonconformist, but he craved approval and fumed over the slightest disrespect. His hand was always
shooting up in class, and he always had the right answer.”

Excerpt From
Columbine
Dave Cullen
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“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 dont know if I completely agree with this

“And my mom kept shushing my grandfather, who kept talking about how many black people were in the school.”
lmao

“I would die for you. But I won’t live for you.”Something like that. I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people. Maybe that is what makes people “participate.” I’m not really certain. Because I don’t know if I would mind living for Sam for a while. Then again, she wouldn’t want me to, so maybe it’s a lot friendlier than all that.

“I almost didn’t get an A in math, but then Mr. Carlo told me to stop asking “why?” all the time and just follow the formulas. So, I did. Now, I get perfect scores on all my tests. I just wish I knew what the formulas did. I honestly have no idea.”

“Another night, Patrick took me to this place where they sell poppers, which is this drug you inhale. They didn’t have poppers, but the guy behind the counter said that he had something that was just as good. So, Patrick bought that. It was in this aerosal can. We both took a sniff of it, and I swear we both thought we were going to die of a heart attack.”

“You ever think, Charlie, that our group is the same as any other group like the football team? And the only real difference between us is what we wear and why we wear it?”“Yeah?” And there was this pause.“Well, I think it’s all bullshit.”And he meant it. It was hard to see him mean it that much.”

really deep commentary on masculinity

I love this book.

this book is so dark oh my god

It’s like tonight. what does this mean

so there is one way in which Charlie and I differ, and that is I did kiss a girl. when i was little.

i think im gonna cry

“So, I put on the suit even though I didn’t feel like I really deserved to since all I write are essays for Bill, but it was such a nice present, and everyone clapped their hands anyway. ... I think it was the first time in my life I ever felt like I looked “good.” Do you know what I mean? That nice feeling when you look in the mirror, and your hair’s right for the first time in your life?”

“When we were all getting ready to leave, I walked up to my grandfather and gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. He wiped my lip print off with his palm and gave me a look. He doesn’t like the boys in the family to touch him. But I’m very glad that I did it anyway in case he dies. I never got to do that with my Aunt Helen.”

“I don’t know if that’s good or bad. I don’t know if it’s better to have your kids be happy and not go to college. I don’t know if it’s better to be close with your daughter or make sure that she has a better life than you do. I just don’t know. I was just quiet, and I watched him.”

Excerpt From
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
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“Do you enjoy holidays with your family? I don’t mean your mom and dad family, but your uncle and aunt and cousin family? Personally, I do. There are several reasons for this.First, I am very interested and fascinated by how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.”

Excerpt From
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
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