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13 Quotes From The Chilling Book That Inspired The Highly Anticipated Netflix Series 'Thirteen Reasons Why'

You can't rewrite the past.
Bianca Sparacino
March 30, 2017
“You don’t know what goes on in anyone’s life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re not messing with just that part. Unfortunately, you can’t be that precise and selective. When you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re messing with their entire life. Everything. . . affects everything.”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
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“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.”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
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“You can't stop the future
You can't rewind the past
The only way to learn the secret
...is to press play.”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
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“A lot of you cared, just not enough.”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
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“But you can't get away from yourself. You can't decide not to see yourself anymore. You can't decide to turn off the noise in your head.”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
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“You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have is...now.”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
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“Sometimes we have thoughts that even we don't understand. Thoughts that aren't even true—that aren't really how we feel—but they're running through our heads anyway because they're interesting to think about.”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
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“It's hard to be disappointed when what you expected turns out to be true.”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
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“I wanted people to trust me, despite anything they'd heard. And more than that, I wanted them to know me. Not the stuff they thought they knew about me. No, the real me. I wanted them to get past the rumors. To see beyond the relationships I once had, or maybe still had but that they didn't agree with.”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
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“A flood of emotions rushes into me. Pain and anger. Sadness and pity. But most surprising of all, hope.”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
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“I hope you're ready, because I'm about to tell you the story of my life. More specifically, why my life ended. And if you're listening to these tapes, you're one of the reasons why.”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
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“I'm listening to someone give up. Someone I knew—someone I liked. I'm listening... but still, I'm too late.”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
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“How can you call it love when it hurt you so badly?”
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
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