Jay Asher Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Jay Asher
Jay Asher Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
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?
My deepest and my darkest? What are you, my gynecologist?
The name sounds almost too perfect. And as I said, you look perfect, too. The only thing left ... is to be perfect.
When you try rescuing someone and discover they can't be reached, why would you ever throw that back in their face?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hannah wasn't my first kiss, but the first kiss that mattered: the first kiss with someone who mattered.
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.
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.
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.
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.
hurt you so badly?"
Kellan:"It was love
because it was worth it.
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.
Hey! That sounds like a joke. Why would a dead girl lie? Answer: Because she can't stand up.
And it feels strange, almost sad, to walk through ther empty halls. Each step I take sounds so lonely.
Around the opposite sex, especially back then, my tongue twisted into knots even a Boy Scout would walk away from
Nothing. It's ridiculous," he says. "I don't belong on those tapes. Hannah just wanted an excuse to kill herself." I
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.
Josh will begin disappearing into a future where the only place he and I remain friends is on the Internet.
You can't stop the future You can't rewind the past The only way to learn the secret ... is to press play.
Because when you're posed, you know someone's watching. You put on your very best smile. You let your sweetest personality shine.
I want to look back. To look over my shoulder and see the Stop sign with huge reflective letters, pleading with Hannah. Stop!
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.
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.
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.