I was too weak to walk. At least, I thought I was too weak. But in truth, I was too weak to try.
Jay AsherBut I need to wake up somehow. Or maybe not. Maybe itโs best to get through the day half-asleep. Maybe thatโs the only way to get through today.
Jay AsherPersonally, I never understood the power of having books written about your experience - whatever that experience may be - until I wrote one and started hearing from teens. I just got an email from a reader who said that "Thirteen Reasons Why" was the first time they had felt understood. A book shouldn't be anybody's first time feeling understood and that's where censorship bothers me. These books need to be out there.
Jay AsherI simply wanted a kiss. I was a freshman girl who had never been kissed. Never. But I liked the boy, he liked me, and I was going to kiss him. That's the story, the whole story, right there.
Jay AsherYou donโt know what goes on in anyoneโs life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a personโs life, youโre not messing with just that part. Unfortunately, you canโt be that precise and selective. When you mess with one part of a personโs life, youโre messing with their entire life. Everything. . . affects everything.
Jay Asher