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Jay Asher Quotes

Total quotes: 18
“I wanted to tell you everything. And that hurt because some things were too scary. Some things even I didn’t understand.”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
Tagged: tell, say, scary, hurt, Things, convey, can't understand, Incomprehensible
“They were like two magnets who couldn’t decide whether to attract or repel.”
— Jay Asher, The Future Of Us
Tagged: Attraction
“It must be possible to swim in the ocean of the one you love without drowning.”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
Tagged: Love, Struggle, risks, Impossibility
“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
Tagged: Loneliness, nostalgic
“If you’re angry, you don’t have to write a poem dealing with the cause of your anger. But it needs to be an angry poem. So go ahead… write one. I know you’re at least a little bit angry with me.
And when you’re done with your poem, decipher it as if you’d just found it printed in a textbook and know absolutely nothing about its author. The results can be amazing…and scary.”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
Tagged: Poetry, Writing, emotions, Escapism, Poetic
“I've always protected myself when it comes to love. And maybe that's the problem. By not letting myself get hurt now, it ripples into much bigger pain later.”
— Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler, The Future Of Us
Tagged: Love, Heartbreak, pain in love, getting hurt, Life
“How many times had I let myself connect with someone only to have it thrown back in my face?”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
Tagged: Connection, Friendship
“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, 13 Reasons Why
Tagged: Change, Life, inspiration, Advice
“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.”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
Tagged: 13 Reasons Why, Jay Asher, Netflix
“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
Tagged: 13 Reasons Why, Jay Asher, Netflix
“It's hard to be disappointed when what you expected turns out to be true.”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
Tagged: 13 Reasons Why, Jay Asher, Netflix
“I'm listening to someone give up. Someone I knew—someone I liked. I'm listening... but still, I'm too late.”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
Tagged: 13 Reasons Why, Jay Asher, Netflix
“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
Tagged: help, Hand out, Letting Go
“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.”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
Tagged: Missing Someone, Letting Go
“I would’ve stayed till you opened up and let everything out…”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
Tagged: Patience
“Pardon me, but you really hurt my feelings.”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
Tagged: Feelings, People, Pain
“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
Tagged: 13 Reasons Why, Jay Asher, Netflix
“Maybe I could’ve even loved her.”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
Tagged: Love, caring, Fear
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