Jay Asher Quotes

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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. But it's always cheaper than a therapist.

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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.

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You don't need to watch out for me, Clay." But I did, Hannah. And I wanted to. I could have helped you. But when I tried, you pushed me away. I can almost hear Hannah's voice speaking my nest thought for me. "Then why didn't you try harder?

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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.

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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.

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Then come to realize that you're making mountains out of molehills. Realize how petty you've become. Sure, it may feel like you can't 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.

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How many times had I let myself connect with someone only to have it thrown back in my face?

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I wanted to tell you everything. And that hurt because some things were too scary. Some things even I didn't understand. How could I tell someone—someone I was really talking to for the first time—everything I was thinking? I couldn't. It was too soon.

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Because it may seem like a small role now, but it matters. In the end, everything matters.

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We didn't get that chance because I was afraid. Afraid I had no chance with you.

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They were like two magnets who couldn't decide whether to attract or repel.

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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.

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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.

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Yes, it feels great to plan your life when you believe everything can turn out fine. But what about when you're shown, again and again, how little control you have over anything? No matter what I do to try to fix my future, it doesn't work.

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Josh turns to me. I can't believe she's writing these things. Not she, I say. Me. Why would anyone say this stuff about themselves on the Internet? It's crazy! Exactly, I say. I'm going to be mentally ill in fifteen years, and that's why my husband doesn't want to be around me.

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He looks out into the empty street, allowing me to sit in his car and just miss her. 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.

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I'm listening to someone give up. Someone I knew—someone I liked. I'm listening... but still, I'm too late.

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Why does it say she has three hundred and twenty friends?" Josh asks. "Who has that many friends?

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If I had a chance with him, I missed it. No, I didn't miss it. I threw it away.

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The road to publication is like a churro - long and bumpy, but sweet.

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Maybe it's not as important to you as it was for me, but that's not for you to decide.

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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.

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

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When you hold people up for ridicule, you have to take responsibility when other people act on it.

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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.

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