Quotes From Perks Of Being A Wallflower By Charlie
One of the most memorable quotes for the book Perks of being a Wallflower is from Charlie’s teacher, Bill. He gives Charlie some valuable life advice after he is informed that Charlie’s sister was hit by her boyfriend. That advice is,”...we accept the love we think we deserve”(24). Charlie does not understand this at first, but I think throughout the book he begins to understand more what Bill meant when he said that. There are many types of love to experience in life. It can be anything from loving family, friends, or a significant other. Each is love, but none of them are the same. One does not love their friends the same way that they would a significant other. They are to completely different dynamics. However, in terms of the kind of
love that we accept, it translates pretty well to all of the types love there are to experience. For example, if one does not think to highly of himself, then he may accept tough love from his friends or significant other. He would let his friends make fun of him or let his girlfriend control him too much, because that is what he feels like he deserves. That can be seen in Charlie’s sister, as she tends to show signs of low self-esteem throughout the book, and she let her boyfriend hit her. However, if you think very well of youself and have good standards, then you will not take anything like that. You will only accept love that is conducive on both ends because you feel like that is what you deserve. Personally, I especially think this is very true today. How you view yourself as a person greatly impacts the type of love that you both pursue and receive. I have experienced it first hand on a few occasions, and I find it somewhat sad but very fascinating. Everyone has certain personality traits that affect how they act and who they interact with. Once you look at this aspect, it adds another whole level of your understanding of a person. Many people will hide their personality traits from certain people as to prevent exactly that from happening, which I have seen way too often. This makes it near impossible to truly understand them in the future. Then again, if you did have some terrible traits, why would you want to share them? What is seems right on their side is wrong on the other and vise versa. That is the world we have come to live in today.
love that we accept, it translates pretty well to all of the types love there are to experience. For example, if one does not think to highly of himself, then he may accept tough love from his friends or significant other. He would let his friends make fun of him or let his girlfriend control him too much, because that is what he feels like he deserves. That can be seen in Charlie’s sister, as she tends to show signs of low self-esteem throughout the book, and she let her boyfriend hit her. However, if you think very well of youself and have good standards, then you will not take anything like that. You will only accept love that is conducive on both ends because you feel like that is what you deserve. Personally, I especially think this is very true today. How you view yourself as a person greatly impacts the type of love that you both pursue and receive. I have experienced it first hand on a few occasions, and I find it somewhat sad but very fascinating. Everyone has certain personality traits that affect how they act and who they interact with. Once you look at this aspect, it adds another whole level of your understanding of a person. Many people will hide their personality traits from certain people as to prevent exactly that from happening, which I have seen way too often. This makes it near impossible to truly understand them in the future. Then again, if you did have some terrible traits, why would you want to share them? What is seems right on their side is wrong on the other and vise versa. That is the world we have come to live in today.