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Why would anyone say this stuff about themselves on the Internet? It's crazy!

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

I tried getting my dad to buy me a beeper for my birthday," he says, "but he thinks only doctors and drug dealers need them.

I want to collapse. I want to fall on the sidewalk right them and drag myself to the ivy.

It's nothing. A school project. My go-to answer for anything. Staying out late? School project. Need extra money? School project.

Did the poet use red to symbolize blood? Anger? Lust? Or is the wheelbarrow simply red because red sounded better than black?

Expose yourself," they said. "Let us see your deepest and your darkest."
My deepest and my darkest? What are you, my gynecologist?

A lot of you cared, just not enough. And that ... that is what I needed to find out.

But whatever the reason, it felt surreal

The name sounds almost too perfect. And as I said, you look perfect, too. The only thing left ... is to be perfect.

I left. When I should have stayed.

When you try rescuing someone and discover they can't be reached, why would you ever throw that back in their face?

I needed a break... from myself.

This time, for the first time, I saw the possibilities in giving up. I even found hope in it.

A lot of you cared, just not enough.

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

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.

In the end....everything matters.

I'm a...paperback, write-in-the-margins kind of girl.

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

I walked out of that office with my survey still in the box, unsure of what I was. An optimist? A pessimist? Neither. A fool. I

I sat. And I thought. And the more I thought, connecting the events in my life, the more my heart collapsed.

Sierra, it's Christmastime. Put a stupid mistletoe over his head and kiss him already!

See, I'm not a very good musician.

No one know for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue.

The wonderful thing about a yearbook photo is that everyone shares the moment with you . . . forever.

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

I wish I would die. I've thought those words many times. But it's a hard thing to say out loud. It's even scarier to feel you might mean it.

He's doing sit-ups in his tighy-whities! His chest looks toned, but ... tighty-whities?

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

Trust me, not every girl would give up his sweatshirt just because a girl asks.

Hannah wasn't my first kiss, but the first kiss that mattered: the first kiss with someone who mattered.

That is all that happened. Why did you hear something else?

Take away
this mask of flesh and bone
see me
for my soul
alone

The kisses felt like first kisses. Kisses that said I could start over if I wanted to. With him.

But I need to wake up somehow. Or maybe not. Maybe it's best to get through the day half-asleep. Maybe that's the only way to get through today.

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

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

When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read.

One day, at least it seemed that fast, she just stopped wanting to be a part of anything.

No!
I scream through the bars. Over the trees."No!"
Do not let her leave.
Do not let her leave that room!
He's not coming.

When someone says your name like that, when they won't even look you in the eyes, there is nothing more you can do or say. Their mind is made up.

I've always loved brainstorming with other writers, and I consider having my work critiqued a part of that brainstorming.

I'm sorry. Once again, those were the words. And now, anytime someone says I'm sorry, I'm going to think of her.

Unanswered? I would've answered any question, Hannah. But you never asked.

Two steps behind her, I say her name. "Skye.

30 minutes is a long time to wait for a Valentine's date.

I stood there and watched you disappear. Forever

When you mess with one part of a person's life, you're messing with their entire life. Everything

People grow apart, and sometimes, there nothing anyone can do about it.

It reminded me of innocence. And I wanted my first kiss to be just that. Innocent.

Emma:"He broke your heart! How can you call it love when he
hurt you so badly?"
Kellan:"It was love
because it was worth it.

I can't. You can't rewrite the past.

Hey, it's Hannah. Hannah Baker.

Don't give up on me now. I'm sorry. I guess that's an odd thing to say. Because isn't that what I'm doing? Giving up?

Now, why would a dead girl lie?
Hey! That sounds like a joke. Why would a dead girl lie? Answer: Because she can't stand up.

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

There are also the people too bizarre to ignore, like Kyle Simpson. Future male stripper.

Do you know love and hate share same nervous circuits in the brain? - Kellan

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

Everything . . . affects everything. The

Around the opposite sex, especially back then, my tongue twisted into knots even a Boy Scout would walk away from

I waited a second. Should I?
No... but I will.

And I kept thinking, over and over, is this what it feels like to go insane?

Nothing. It's ridiculous," he says. "I don't belong on those tapes. Hannah just wanted an excuse to kill herself." I

Rejection always hurt, but having it come from my best friend was worst

As a writer, my only responsibility is to tell a compelling story.

It's hard to be disappointed when what you expected turns out to be true.

This was not a spurr-of-the-moment decision. Do not take me for granted ... again.

How in the world was I alone? Because I wanted to be. That's all I can say. It's all that makes sense to me.

Sometimes, there's no one around to tell you to be quiet... to be very, very quiet. Sometimes you need to be quiet when you're all alone.

That girl had two chances. And both of us let her down.

And here he is again, yet things feel like they'll never be as easy between us as they once were.

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

Unlike old age or cancer, no one anticipates a suicide.

Right, but he also thinks every episode of Friends is life-changing. Josh

I decided to find out how people at school might react if one of the students never came back.

He's always looking out windows,
contemplating something.

You can't stop the future You can't rewind the past The only way to learn the secret ... is to press play.

One little ripple started today could create a typhoon fifteen years from now.

Because when you're posed, you know someone's watching. You put on your very best smile. You let your sweetest personality shine.

She wants to believe my excuses so bad. Every time I lie, she wants to believe me so much.

Everything...affects everything

The longer you wait, and this is true, the slower the hands will move.

When the right moment appears, the key is to not let it pass.

What the hell happened to Pluto?!

I don't know how to fully enjoy any of these moments without wondering if it's the last.

The signs were all there, all over, for anyone willing to notice.

I want to look back. To look over my shoulder and see the Stop sign with huge reflective letters, pleading with Hannah. Stop!

It's your heart. No one else gets a say in that.

And then we turn 18 and even though we never had an original thought we have to make the most important decission of our lives.

Everything seemed good, but I knew it had the potential to be awful.

At the time, I just thought it might be fun. At the time, I was stupid.

Actually, I love trying to figure out why certain books become hits while others, which may be just as good, have trouble finding an audience.

And in high school, people are always watching so there's always a reason to pose.

After all, how often do we get a second chance?

Because if I hadn't been so afraid of everyone else, I might have told Hannah that someone cared. And Hannah might still be alive.

My heart and my trust were in the process of collapsing. And that collapse created a vacuum in my chest.

That's why you did it. You wanted your world to collapse around you. You wanted everything to get as dark as possible.

You can hear rumors. But you can't know them.