Top 200 Jay Asher Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “Because our lies matched. It was a sign.”

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102. “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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103. “You have so little control over anything anymore. And at some point, the struggle becomes too much – too tiring – and you consider letting go.”

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104. “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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105. “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.”

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106. “I wanted people to trust me, despite anything they’d heard. And more than that, I wanted them to know me. Not the stuff they thought they knew about me. No, the real me. I wanted them to get past the rumors. To see beyond the relationships I once had, or maybe still had but that they didn’t agree with. And if I wanted people to treat me that way, then I had to do the same for them, right?”

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107. “And in high school, people are always watching so there’s always a reason to pose.”

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108. “People think what they want. That’s what I’ve had to accept,” he says. “I can fight it, but that’s exhausting. I can feel hurt about it, but that’s torture. Or I can decide it’s their loss.”

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109. “Unlike old age or cancer, no one anticipates a suicide. They simply left without a chance to get things in order.”

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110. “As a writer, my only responsibility is to tell a compelling story.”

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111. “We all know the sound a camera makes when it snaps a picture. Even some of the digitals do it for nostalgia’s sake.”

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112. “If I had a chance with him, I missed it. No, I didn’t miss it. I threw it away.”

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113. “When someone says your name like that, when they won’t even look you in the eyes, there is nothing more you can do or say. Their mind is made up.”

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114. “And like I said, I didn’t know him very well, but my ears perked up whenever I heard his name. I guess I wanted to hear something – anything – juicy. Not because I wanted to spread gossip. I just couldn’t believe someone could be that good.”

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115. “I like Caleb. I like him even more every time I see him. And this can only lead to disaster.”

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116. “It reminded me of innocence. And I wanted my first kiss to be just that. Innocent.”

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117. “Forget logic... Logic doesn’t know what you want.”

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118. “To miss her each time I pull in a breath of air. To miss her with a heart that feels so cold by itself, but warm when thoughts of her flow through me.”

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119. “Il mio cuore e la mia fiducia erano ormai ai minimi termini. E questo tracollo stava scavando un vuoto nel mio petto. Come se ogni nervo del corpo si stesse ritirando verso l’interno, abbandonando le dita delle mani e dei piedi. Fino a scomparire.”

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120. “No one at school knows what I’m about to tell you. And it wasn’t really the class itself that played a part. Even if I never took Peer Communications, the outcome may very well have been the same. Or not. I guess that’s the point of it all. No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same.”

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121. “There are also the people too bizarre to ignore, like Kyle Simpson. Future male stripper.”

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122. “Everything seemed good, but I knew it had the potential to be awful.”

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123. “I stood there and watched you disappear. Forever.”

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124. “The longer you wait, and this is true, the slower the hands will move.”

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125. “Unlike old age or cancer, no one anticipates a suicide.”

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126. “How in the world was I alone? Because I wanted to be. That’s all I can say. It’s all that makes sense to me.”

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

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128. “Josh will begin disappearing into a future where the only place he and I remain friends is on the Internet.”

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129. “And everyone knows you can’t disprove a rumor.”

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130. “It was one of those things where, once I noticed it, I couldn’t stop noticing it.”

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131. “I explored alleys and hidden roads I never knew existed. I discovered neighbourhoods entirely new to me. And finally... I discovered I was sick of this town and everything in it.”

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132. “There’s just something about having everyone agree on something – something about you – that opens a cage of butterflies in your stomach.”

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133. “If there’s one thing I’ve still got, it’s my memory. Which is too bad. Maybe if I forgot things once in a while, we’d all be a little bit happier.”

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134. “Justin, honey, you were my very first kiss. My very first hand to hold. But you were nothing more than an average guy. And I don’t say that to be mean- I don’t. There was just something about you that made me need to be your girlfriend to this day I don’t know exactly what that was. But it was there... and it was amazingly strong. -Thirteen Reasons Why.”

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135. “That is all that happened. Why did you hear something else?”

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136. “If time was a string connecting all of your stories, that party would be the point where everything knots up. And that knot keeps growing and growing, getting more and more tangled, dragging the rest of your stories into it.”

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137. “Why can’t you go back to playing princess?” “I never played princess.” “Are you kidding?” he says. “Whenever Heather’s mom took the two of you to the parade, you wore your fanciest dress, pretending to be the Winter Queen.” “Exactly!” I say. “Queen, not princess. You raised me better than that.”

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138. “And then we turn 18 and even though we never had an original thought we have to make the most important decission of our lives.”

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139. “And what if in the future we’re at war again, or we still haven’t elected a non-white or non-male president, or the Rolling Stones are still dragging their tired old butts on stage? That would depress me way too much.”

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140. “Those are some strong currents you’re swimming against.”

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141. “And here he is again, yet things feel like they’ll never be as easy between us as they once were.”

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142. “Statement number two: “Just relax.” Translation: Come on, Hannah, all I did was touch you with no indication that you wanted me to touch you. If it’ll make you feel better, go ahead, you can touch me wherever you’d like.”

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143. “Olly-olly-oxen-free.”

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144. “I decided to find out how people at school might react if one of the students never came back.”

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145. “Now, the truth is the one you won’t forget.”

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146. “I take a slow sip of lukewarm coffee, reopen the book, and read the words scribbled in red ink near the top: Everyone needs an olly-olly-oxen-free.”

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147. “And honestly, there is no better way to explore your emotions than with poetry. Or audiotapes.”

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148. “God, I am freaking out. Maybe he doesn’t know. Maybe I just look guilty of something and he’s picking up on that.”

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149. “I don’t know how to fully enjoy any of these moments without wondering if it’s the last.”

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150. “I’m not sure who started it, but whoever had the most exhausting day would lay a hand in the center of the table and say, “Olly-olly-oxen-free.”

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