And when she started becoming a “young lady, ” and no one was allowed to look at her because she thought she was fat. And how she really wasn’t fat. And how she was actually very pretty. And how different her face looked when she realized boys thought she was pretty. And how different her face looked the first time she really liked a boy who was not on a poster on her wall. And how her face looked when she realized she was in love with that boy. I wondered how her face would look when she came out from behind those doors. .Stephen Chbosky
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A poem called “The Doors,” by Anne Sexton. It is about a young girl who likes boys and feels different about herself when she comes out of the closet.
Source: The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
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