The Perks Of Being A Wallflower Quote Analysis

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“She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just takes time. ” that is a quote from my favorite book “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.” This quote means a lot to me because it reminds me 0f how I used to be. I believe that no matter what forgiveness is always the key.
It all started when I was in the 8th grade, I felt all alone and depressed. I had no one to talk to, I began to feel like I shouldn’t be here. It was that kind of alone even if you were in a room with a million people, you still felt alone. I remember when it finally hit me and I opened my eyes. It was a windy day, I was wearing a grey sweater from Pink and a black sleeve from Phora, I came home and like always I was home alone.
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We were close we told each other every secret. We been close for 5 years till we stopped. It was around March, spring was almost coming the flowers were blooming and the weather was humidity. I was having a sweet 16 and my best friend was in my court. We were practicing a dance called “ the valz.” We would practice in the University around 6 were it wasn’t too cold or too hot. Later in the week drama started happening with two of the girls that were in my court and a guy also in my court. I was put in the middle and it was hard because they were all good friends. My best friend thought I was picking sides, but I wasn’t I didn’t want to be a part of that. She got furious with me and said things that hurt me. One day when we didn’t have practice, I got a text from her she said “I can’t be in your 16 anymore, I’m sorry and I’m sorry for what I’m about to say but we can no longer be friends.”I was heartbroken and angry, I not only lost someone in my court but I lost my best friend. I could feel cold tears falling down my cheek. I had to find a new replacement for her and my sweet 16 was less than a month, I found someone that was my friend but, the hard part was she needed to learn all the dances which were two. After all I felt betrayed by my best friend, we didn’t talk and we still don’t at this moment but, I’m not gonna lied I missed her. My mom said to me “ There are gonna be lots of friends that you …show more content…
You have to be happy, people make mistakes but that doesn’t mean you have to hold a grudge against someone. You aren’t giving that person something, you are doing it for your own

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