I'm not saying she was lying to me, but she just acted so different before I got to know her, and if she really isn't like what she was at the beginning, I wish she could have just said so.
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Stephen Chbosky was a contemporary American writer and director. Stephen Chbosky is an American film director, screenwriter, and author. He is best-known for writing the bestselling coming-of-age novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999), and writing and directing its 2012 film adaptation. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Truth — Meditations on honesty, authenticity, and the search for truth

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