350 Quotes by Jay Asher

No one at school knows what I’m about to tell you. And it wasn’t really the class itself that played a part. Even if I never took Peer Communications, the outcome may very well have been the same. Or not. I guess that’s the point of it all. 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.

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.

I didn’t humiliate him by pointing it out because that’s not how you treat friends. You don’t judge them. You don’t humiliate them. I bet he’s been judging me all along.

Nadie sabe lo que sucede en la vida de nadie, salvo en la propia. Y cuando le arruinas una parte de la vida a alguien, no le arruinas solo aquella parte. Desafortunadamente, no se puede ser tan preciso y selectivo. Cuando le arruinas una parte de su vida, le arruinas la vida entera.

Olly-olly-oxen-free.

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

You’ve known this for a while, Ryan. I’m sure of it. At the first mention of poetry, you knew this one was about you. You had to. Though I’m sure you must have thought, This can’t be why I’m on the tapes. It wasn’t a big deal.

And like I said, I didn’t know him very well, but my ears perked up whenever I heard his name. I guess I wanted to hear something – anything – juicy. Not because I wanted to spread gossip. I just couldn’t believe someone could be that good.

You can’t go back to how things were. How you thought they were.