Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
"After all, how often do we get a second chance?"
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"You okay?”It’s a residential street, but it’s not the street of the party. I shake my head no.“Are you going to be okay?” he asks. I lean back, resting my head against the seat, and close my eyes. “I miss her."
Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
"Or deep down, maybe there was more. Maybe I wanted someone to figure out who wrote the note and secretly come to my rescue. Maybe. I don’t know. But I was careful never to give myself away."
Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
"Unanswered? I would've answered any question, Hannah. But you never asked."
Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
"I was so anxious about what kind of kiss it would be-because my friends back home described so many types-and it turned out to be the beautiful kind. You didn't shove your tongue down my throat. You didn't grab my butt. We just held our lips together...and kissed."
Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
"I simply wanted a kiss. I was a freshman girl who had never been kissed. Never. But I liked the boy, he liked me, and I was going to kiss him. That's the story, the whole story, right there."
Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
"Sometimes, there's no one around to tell you to be quiet... to be very, very quiet. Sometimes you need to be quiet when you're all alone."
Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
"We almost bumped into each other. But your eyes were down so you didn't know it was me. And together we said it. "I'm sorry."Then you looked up. You saw me. And there, in your eyes, what was it? Sadness? Pain? You moved around and tried pushing your hair away from your face. Your fingernails were painted dark blue. I watched you walk down the long stretch of hallway. I stood there and watched you disappear. Forever."
Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
"But you can't get away from yourself. You can't decide not to see yourself anymore. You can't decide to turn off the noise in your head."
Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
"Put meunderneath God's sky and know medon't just look at me with your eyes Take awaythis mask of flesh and bone andsee me for my soulalone"
Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
"That's what I love about poetry. The more abstract, the better. The stuff where you're not sure what the poet's talking about. You may have an idea, but you can't be sure. Not a hundred percent. Each word, specifically chosen, could have a million different meanings."
Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
"What if you weren't the person I hoped you were?That, more than anything, would have hurt the most."
Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
"I decided to find out how people at school might react if one of the students never came back."
Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
"Right then, in that office, with the realization that no one knew the truth about my life, my thoughts about the world were shaken. Like driving along a bumpy road and losing control of the steering wheel, tossing you—just a tad—off the road. The wheels kick up some dirt, but you’re able to pull it back. Yet no matter how tightly you grip the wheel, no matter how hard you try to drive straight, something keeps jerking you to the side. You have so little control over anything anymore. And at some point, the struggle becomes too much—too tiring—and you consider letting go. Allowing tragedy . . . or whatever . . . to happen."
Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
"Suicide. It's something I've been thinking about. Not too seriously, but I have been thinking about it.” That's the note. Word for word. And I know it's word for word because I wrote it dozens of times before delivering it. I'd write it, throw it away, write it, crumple it up, throw it away. But why was I writing it to begin with? I asked myself that question every time I printed the words onto a new sheet of paper. Why was I writing this note? It was a lie. I hadn't been thinking about it. Not really. Not in detail. The thought would come into my head and I'd push it away. But I pushed it away a lot."
Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
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