Jay Asher Quotes

“It's your heart. No one else gets a say in that.”
― Jay Asher, What Light

“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”
― Jay Asher

“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

“The name sounds almost too perfect. And as I said, you look perfect, too. The only thing left... is to be perfect.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“Sierra, it's Christmastime. Put a stupid mistletoe over his head and kiss him already!”
― Jay Asher, What Light

“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.”
― Jay Asher, The Future of Us

“Quand une chanson vous fait pleurer, mais que vous n'avez plus envie de pleurer, vous cessez de l'écouter.
Mais échapper à soi-même, c'est impossible. On ne peut pas décider de ne plus se voir. De couper le son à l'intérieur de sa tête.”
― Jay Asher

“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

“Il nous arrive d'avoir des pensées que nous ne comprenons pas nous-même. Des pensées qui n'ont rien de véridique - qui ne représentent pas vraiment ce qu'on ressent - mais qui nous traversent quand même l'esprit parce qu'elle valent le coup d'être étudiées.”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“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.”
― Jay Asher, The Future of Us

“Vous ignorez ce qui se passait dans le reste de mon existence. Chez moi. Même au lycée. Personne ne connaît vraiment la vie des autres, seulement la sienne.”
― Jay Asher