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“But sometimes there’s nothing left to do but move on.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“Sometimes we have thoughts that even we don’t understand. Thoughts that aren’t even true—that aren’t really how we feel—but they’re running through our heads anyway because they’re interesting to think about.

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 wouldn’t know one from the other. It’d drive you insane. What’s true? What’s not? A million ideas, but what do they mean?”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“And after I dropped him off, I took the longest possible route home... I explored alleys and hidden roads I never knew existed. I discovered neighborhoods entirely new to me. And finally... I discovered I was sick of this town and everything in it.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“I hate not knowing what to believe anymore. I hate not knowing what's real.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“Betrayal. It's one of the worst feelings.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“You don't know what goes on in anyone's life but your own.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“I could picture life—school and everything else—continuing on without me. But I could not picture my funeral. Not at all. Mostly because I couldn’t imagine who would attend or what they would say.”
― 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

“I left. When I should have stayed.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“What you don't understand, you can make mean anything.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“Because it may seem like a small role now, but it matters. In the end, everything matters.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“It may seem that every time someone offers you a hand up, they just let go and you slip further down.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“Do you remember the last thing you said to me? The last thing you did to me? And what was the last thing I said to you? Because trust me when I said it I knew it was the last thing I’d ever say.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“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.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“Maybe you didn't know what people thought of you because they themselves didn't know what they thought of you. Maybe you didn't give us enough to go on, Hannah.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“My breathing begins to slow. The tension in my muscles starts to relax.
Then, a click in the headphones. A slow breath of air.
I open my eyes to bright moonlight.
And Hannah, with warmth.
Thank you.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“I was too weak to walk. At least, I thought I was too weak. But in truth, I was too weak to try.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“I needed a break... from myself.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“Because I've heard so many stories that I don't know which one is the most popular. But I do know which is the least popular. The truth.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“If I had a chance with him, I missed it. No, I didn't miss it. I threw it away.”
― Jay Asher, The Future of Us

“Was I disappointed when you said good-bye to me? Not much. It's hard to be disappointed when what you expected turns out to be true.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“You can't stop the future
You can't rewind the past
The only way to learn the secret
...is to press play.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“A lot of you cared, just not enough.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“If my love were an ocean,
there would be no more land.
If my love were a desert,
you would see only sand.
If my love were a star-
late at night, only light.
And if my love could grow wings,
I'd be soaring in flight.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have is...now.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“Sometimes we have thoughts that even we don't understand. Thoughts that aren't even true—that aren't really how we feel—but they're running through our heads anyway because they're interesting to think about.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“Everything...affects everything”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“ If you hear a song that makes you cry and you don't want to cry anymore, you don't listen to that song anymore.
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

“It's hard to be disappointed when what you expected turns out to be true.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“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.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why