To tell you the truth, I've just been avoiding everything. I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they're here. If they like their jobs. Or us. And I wonder how smart they were when they were fifteen. Not in a mea way. In a curious way. it's like looking at all the students and wondering who's had their heart broken that da, and how they are able to cope with having three quizzes and a book report on top of that. or wondering who did the heart breaking. And wondering why. Especially since I know that if they went to another school, the person who had their heart broken would have had their heart broken by somebody else, so why does it have to be so personal? And if I went to another school, I would never have known Sam or Patrick or Mary Elizabeth or anyone except my family. (Pg 142).Stephen Chbosky
About This Quote
In this quote from The Perks of Being a Wallflower, John Green captures a young man’s mind as he contemplates the world around him. He wonders about the people around him, how they got to be who they are and whether they were happy or sad in their lives. He also wonders what he’s going to do with his life and thinks about how many things he has yet to accomplish. In some ways, this is a reflection on how we all feel as teenagers.
We wonder about the world around us and what it means to be alive. We often think about what we want from our lives and how we fit into the rest of the world. We wonder who we will become as adults and what our place is in society.
This quote captures a lot of those feelings as well as showing us that even though we may be teenagers, we are not completely oblivious to life or its problems.
Source: The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
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