Emily’s Reviews > Thirteen Reasons Why > Status Update

“You don’t know what goes on in anyone’s life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a persons life, you’re not messing with just that part. Unfortunately; you can’t be that precise and selective. When you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re messing with their entire life.”

“Normally, when a person has a stellar image, another person’s waiting in the wings to tear them apart. They’re waiting for that one fatal flaw to expose itself.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Right then, in that office, with the realization that no one knew the truth about my life, my thoughts about the world were shaken.”

“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.”

“But it’s more than just a scratch. It’s a punch in the stomach and a slap in the face. It’s a knife in my back because you would rather believe some made-up rumor than what you knew to be true.”