Jay Asher Quotes - Page 2

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• You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have is...now.

  Jay Asher

  Jay Asher (2016). “Thirteen Reasons Why 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.107, Penguin

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• It's hard to be disappointed when what you expected turns out to be true.

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  Being True, Turns, Disappointed

  Jay Asher (2016). “Thirteen Reasons Why 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.62, Penguin

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• I waited a second. Should I? No... but I will.

  Jay Asher

  Should, Should I

  Jay Asher (2016). “Thirteen Reasons Why 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.133, Penguin

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• I needed a break... from myself.

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  Break, Needed

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.181, Penguin

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• Will I ever get control of my life? Will I always be shoved back and pushed around by those I trust?

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  Jay Asher (2016). “Thirteen Reasons Why 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.79, Penguin

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• I want to look back. To look over my shoulder and see the Stop sign with huge reflective letters, pleading with Hannah. Stop!

  Jay Asher

  Looks, Letters, Want

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.250, Penguin

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• She wants to believe my excuses so bad. Every time I lie, she wants to believe me so much.

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  Lying, Believe, Want

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.238, Penguin

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• One little ripple started today could create a typhoon fifteen years from now.

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  Years, Fifteen, Littles

  Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler (2012). “The Future of Us”, p.116, Simon and Schuster

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• If I had a chance with him, I missed it. No, I didn't miss it. I threw it away.

  Jay Asher

  Missing, Chance, Ifs

  Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler (2011). “The Future of Us”, p.202, Penguin

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• But sometimes there’s nothing left to do but move on.

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  Moving, Sometimes, Left

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.279, Penguin

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• And in high school, people are always watching so there's always a reason to pose.

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  School, People, High School

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.94, Penguin

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• You need to figure out what you want, Josh. If that means you need to swim against the tide to get it, at least youre aiming for something that could make you very happy.

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  Mean, Swim, Needs

  Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler (2011). “The Future of Us”, p.187, Penguin

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• 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 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.

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  Letting Go, Struggle, Losing Control

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.124, Penguin

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• How many times had I let myself connect with someone only to have it thrown back in my face?

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  Faces, Thrown

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.213, Penguin

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• That's why you did it. You wanted your world to collapse around you. You wanted everything to get as dark as possible.

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  Dark, World, Collapse

  Jay Asher (2016). “Thirteen Reasons Why 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.133, Penguin

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• I swear, guys in groups are capable of the stupidest things." "Like war," Kellan says, heaping napkins and ketchup packets onto her tray. "And jumping off rooftops." "And lighting their farts on fire," she says.

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  War, Fire, Jumping

  Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler (2012). “The Future of Us”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

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• Stories about sensitive issues like sex, drugs or sexual assault, suicide and teen drinking, are often censored because people just don't want to talk about those things. It's not that these things don't happen, but when they're shared in a fictional setting, for some reason they make some people uncomfortable.

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  Suicide, Drinking, People

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• When you hold people up for ridicule, you have to take responsibility when other people act on it.

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  Bullying, Responsibility, People

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.53, Penguin

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• Because what if I got to know you and you turned out to be just like they said? What if you weren’t the person I hoped you were? That, more than anything, would have hurt the most.

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  Hurt, What If, Said

  Jay Asher (2016). “Thirteen Reasons Why 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.108, Penguin

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• Did the poet use red to symbolize blood? Anger? Lust? Or is the wheelbarrow simply red because red sounded better than black?

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  Blood, Lust, Black

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.175, Penguin

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• The road to publication is like a churro - long and bumpy, but sweet.

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  Sweet, Journey, Long

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.290, Penguin

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• The longer you wait, and this is true, the slower the hands will move.

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  Moving, Hands, Waiting

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.138, Penguin

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• And here he is again, yet things feel like they'll never be as easy between us as they once were.

  Jay Asher

  Easy, Feels

  Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler (2012). “The Future of Us”, p.37, Simon and Schuster

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• That is all that happened. Why did you hear something else?

  Jay Asher

  Happened

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• That’s when I said it. That’s when I whispered to her, “I’m so sorry.” Because inside, I felt so happy and sad at the same time. Sad that it took me so long to get there. But happy that we got there together.

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  Sorry, Long, Together

  Jay Asher (2016). “Thirteen Reasons Why 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.111, Penguin

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