• The fact that one of these ladies was my mom made me particularly sad because my mom is beautiful. And she’s always on a diet. Sometimes, my dad calls her beautiful, but she cannot hear him.

    Stephen Chbosky: The fact that one of these ladies was my mom made me particularly sad because my mom is beautiful. And she’s always on a diet. Sometimes, my dad calls her beautiful, but she cannot hear him.
    Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.23, Simon and Schuster