Top 200 Jay Asher Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “I’ve always loved brainstorming with other writers, and I consider having my work critiqued a part of that brainstorming.”

— Jay Asher

152. “Josh turns to me. “I can’t believe she’s writing these things.” “Not she,” I say. “Me.” “Why would anyone say this stuff about themselves on the Internet? It’s crazy!” “Exactly,” I say. “I’m going to be mentally ill in fifteen years, and that’s why my husband doesn’t want to be around me.”

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153. “What everyone thought of me was out of my control.”

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154. “If work is stressing you out, that means you have a job” -Josh.”

— Jay Asher

155. “We both laugh. And it feels good. A release. Like laughing at a funeral. Maybe inappropriate, but definitely needed.”

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156. “Whenever I’m out late she makes a sandwich for my school lunch. I always protest and tell her not to, saying I’ll make my own when I get home. But she likes it. She says it reminds her of when I was younger and needed her.”

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157. “There are a lot of people out there who – for a variety of reasons – have a hard time stepping beyond their own ideas about certain subjects to explore the lives of others. So I wanted the readers to focus on the characters caught in the middle, rather than the issues themselves.”

— Jay Asher

158. “Words too soft for me to hear at this distance. But in the end, the words reach me.”

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159. “Step-by-step. That’s how we’ll get through this. One foot in front of the other.”

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160. “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.”

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161. “It’s your heart. No one else gets a say in that.”

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162. “Why would anyone say this stuff about themselves on the Internet? It’s crazy!”

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163. “With her fingers running back up my arms, and all this sperm talk, things are getting a little too intense down below. I lean slightly forward, conveniently placing my forearms across my lap.”

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164. “Sierra, it’s Christmastime. Put a stupid mistletoe over his head and kiss him already!”

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165. “The kisses felt like first kisses. Kisses that said I could start over if I wanted to. With him.”

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166. “I can almost hear Hannah’s voice speaking my next thought for me. ‘Then why didn’t you try harder?”

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167. “But my eyes kept staring at the glass – through the glass – at the spoon. And I kept thinking, over and over, Is this what it feels like to go insane?”

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168. “With everything going on in my life-going on in my head-I wanted to talk with you. Really talk. Just once. A chance we never seemed to get at school. Or at work. A chance to ask, Who are you?”

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169. “The main thing I wanted to say, and thankfully it’s what most people say they get out of the book, is simply an acknowledgement that we do affect each other in ways we can’t predict.”

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170. “She’s a Mercury, with the full hotness of the sun beating down on her. I’m a Pluto. Sure, my friend’s appreciate me, but I’m barely holding on to the far reaches of the galaxy.”

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171. “Unanswered? I would’ve answered any question, Hannah. But you never asked.”

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172. “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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173. “I walked out of that office with my survey still in the box, unsure of what I was. An optimist? A pessimist? Neither. A fool. I.”

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174. “As she does, she turns her hand over, lacing her fingers into mine. For as many nerve endings as I thought I had in my hand, I now realize there are a hundred times more.”

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175. “That girl had two chances. And both of us let her down.”

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176. “The name sounds almost too perfect. And as I said, you look perfect, too. The only thing left... is to be perfect.”

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177. “And concentrating on the spot where the two spindles should be is the closest I get to looking Hannah’s eyes as she tells my story.”

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178. “And then... well... certain thoughts begin creeping around. 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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179. “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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180. “That’s what I love about poetry. The more abstract, the better.”

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181. “Looking back, i stopped writting in my notebook when i stopped wanting to know myself anymore.”

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182. “You’ve known this for a while, Ryan. I’m sure of it. At the first mention of poetry, you knew this one was about you. You had to. Though I’m sure you must have thought, This can’t be why I’m on the tapes. It wasn’t a big deal.”

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183. “I’m sure you heard a lot of sarcastic remarks when you first arrived, but by the time I got there, to everyone else you were just a part of the party. But unlike everyone else, you were the whole reason I came.”

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184. “If you could hear other people’s thoughts, you’d overhear things that are true as well as things that are completely random. And you would know one from the other.”

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185. “A rumor started a reputation that other people believed in and reacted to. And sometimes a rumor has a snowball effect. A rumor, is just the beginning.”

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186. “Was I disappointed when you said good-bye to me, Courtney? Not much. It’s hard to be disappointed when what you expected turns out to be true. But did I feel used? Absolutely. -pg 110.”

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187. “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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188. “I could have helped you. But when I tried, you pushed me away. I can almost hear Hannah’s voice speaking my next thought for me. “Then why didn’t you try harder?“. -pg 148.”

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189. “Because maybe I was being selfish. Maybe I was just looking for attention. Maybe I just wanted to hear people discuss me and my problems.”

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190. “Suicide. Such a disgusting word.”

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191. “Hannah wasn’t my first kiss, but the first kiss that mattered; the first kiss with someone who mattered. And after talking with her for so long that night, I assumed it was just the beginning. Something was happening between us. Something right. I felt it.”

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192. “I promise. Now, why would a dead girl lie? Hey! That sounds like a joke. Why would a dead girl lie? Answer: Because she can’t stand up.”

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193. “The best book I’ve probably ever read. THis book gave me more confidence and.”

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194. “But it’s more than a scratch it’s a slap in the face and a knife in the back, it’s a punch in the stomach because you’d rather believe some made up rumor than what you knew to be true. So tell me Jessica, did you drag yourself to my funeral? And what about you-the rest of you- did you drag yourself to my funeral, and if you did, did you see the scars you left? No, probably not because most of them can’t been seen with the naked eye.”

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195. “Every swallow tastes sour, and the closer I get to school, the closer I come to collapsing.”

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196. “Courtney does come off as genuinely sweet. Hearing her story here, on these tapes, must have killed her. A shiver crawls up my back. “Killed her”. A phrase I will now drop from my vocabulary. -pg 95.”

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197. “Hello, boys and girls. Hannah Baker here. Live and in stereo. No return engagements. No encore. And this time, absolutely no requests. I hope you’re ready, because I’m about to tell you about the story of my life. More specifically, why my life ended. And if you’re listening to these tapes, you’re one of the reasons why. -pg 7.”

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198. “Or maybe I wanted someone to point a finger at me and say. “Hannah. Are you thinking about killing yourself? Please don’t do that, Hannah. Please?” But deep down, the truth was that the only person saying that was me. Depp down, those were my words. -pg 173.”

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199. “Who’s willing to test her bluff?”

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200. “But I couldn’t raise my eyes to face her. I didn’t want to see a look of disappointment or frustration in her eyes. I didn’t want to see those kinds of emotions directed at me.”

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