Jay Asher Quotes

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• My heart and my trust were in the process of collapsing. And that collapse created a vacuum in my chest.
• You don't know what goes on in anyone's life but your own.
• We didn't get that chance because I was afraid. Afraid I had no chance with you.
• 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.
• How many times had I let myself connect with someone only to have it thrown back in my face?
• Everything seemed good, but I knew it had the potential to be awful.
• I left. When I should have stayed.
• She wants to believe my excuses so bad. Every time I lie, she wants to believe me so much.
• I was too weak to walk. At least, I thought I was too weak. But in truth, I was too weak to try.
• 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?
• That’s when I said it. That’s when I whispered to her, “I’m so sorry.” Because inside, I felt so happy and sad at the same…
• Do you remember the last thing you said to me? The last thing you did to me? And what was the last thing I said…
• That is all that happened. Why did you hear something else?
• If I had a chance with him, I missed it. No, I didn't miss it. I threw it away.
• But sometimes there’s nothing left to do but move on.
• When you hold people up for ridicule, you have to take responsibility when other people act on it.
• The longer you wait, and this is true, the slower the hands will move.
• Because what if I got to know you and you turned out to be just like they said? What if you weren’t the person I…
• 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…
• Because no, I didn’t push her away. I didn’t add to her pain or do anything to hurt her. Instead, I left her alone in…

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