Quotes by Jay Asher

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,Id be soaring in flight.

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.

I cant. You cant rewrite the past.

Maybe if I forgot things once in a while, wed all be a little bit happier.

But I do know which is the least popular. The truth.

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.

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 dont say that to be mean- I dont. There was just something about you that made me need to be your girlfriend to this day I dont know exactly what that was. But it was there.. and it was amazingly strong. -Thirteen Reasons Why

Its your heart. No one else gets a say in that.

If you hear a song that makes you cry and you dont want to cry anymore, you dont listen to that song anymore. But you cant get away from yourself. You cant decide not to see yourself anymore. You cant decide to turn off the noise in your head.

You cant stop the futureYou cant rewind the pastThe only way to learn the secret...is to press play.

Historys a bitch when youre in the middle of it.

I didnt feel physically sick. But mentally. My mind was twisting in so many ways. (...) We once saw a documentary on migraines. One of the men interviewed used to fall on his knees and bang his head against the floor, over and over during attacks. This diverted the pain from deep inside his brain, where he couldnt reach it, to a pain outside that he had control over.

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 you head.

But whatever the reason, it felt surreal

Heres a tip. If you touch a girl, even as joke, and she pushes you off, leave... her... alone. Dont touch her. Anywhere! Just stop. Your touch does nothing but sicken her.

Josh will begin disappearing into a future where the only place he and I remain friends is on the Internet.

Then come to realize that youre making mountains out of molehills. Realize how petty youve become. Sure, it may feel like you cant get a grip on this town. It may seem that every time someone offers you a hand up, they just let go and you slip further down. But you must stop being so pessimistic, Hannah, and learn to trust those around you. So I do. One more time.

After your visits, I twisted my blinds shut every night. I locked out the stars and I never saw lightning again. Each night, I simply turned out the lights and went to bed.

And it feels strange, almost sad, to walk through ther empty halls. Each step I take sounds so lonely.

If theres one thing Ive still got, its my memory. Which is too bad. Maybe if I forgot things once in a while, wed all be a little bit happier.