Quote

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

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jay Asher
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: September 30
Novelist
Writer
Arcadia
California
Away
Noise
Decide
Anymore
Awareness
Turn
Head
Turns

More quotes by Jay Asher

Image
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
Image
It was love because it was worth it.
Jay Asher
Image
I repeat his words in my head. What's going on? What's going on? Oh, well, since you asked, I got a bunch of tapes in the mail today from a girl who killed herself. Apparently, I had something to do with it. I'm not sure what that is, so I was wondering if I could borrow your Walkman to find out. 'Not much,' I say.
Jay Asher
Image
You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have is...now.
Jay Asher
Image
You told me I wrote that poem because I was afraid of dealing with myself. And I used my mom as an excuse, accusing her of not appreciating or accepting me, when I should have been saying those words into a mirror.
Jay Asher
Image
I miss video games where the jump-kick was the trickiest combo to master.
Jay Asher
Image
You don't know what goes on in anyone's life but your own.
Jay Asher
Image
I sat. And I thought. And the more I thought, connecting the events in my life, the more my heart collapsed.
Jay Asher
Image
We all know the sound a camera makes when it snaps a picture. Even some of the digitals do it for nostalgia’s sake.
Jay Asher
Image
A lot of you cared, just not enough.
Jay Asher
Image
Every reader is different. There's no book that's inappropriate for every person, but there are people who cannot handle everything.
Jay Asher
Image
This time, for the first time, I saw the possibilities in giving up. I even found hope in it.
Jay Asher
Image
And here he is again, yet things feel like they'll never be as easy between us as they once were.
Jay Asher
Image
I don't know exactly what it is, but it looks like interconnected websites where people show their photos and write about everything going on in their lives, like whether they found a parking spot or what they ate for breakfast. But why? Josh asks.
Jay Asher
Image
Whenever I'm out late she makes a sandwich for my school lunch. I always protest and tell her not to, saying I'll make my own when I get home. But she likes it. She says it reminds her of when I was younger and needed her.
Jay Asher
Image
It's nothing. A school project. My go-to answer for anything. Staying out late? School project. Need extra money? School project.
Jay Asher
Image
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 time. Sad that it took me so long to get there. But happy that we got there together.
Jay Asher
Image
I needed a break... from myself.
Jay Asher
Image
When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read.
Jay Asher
Image
How many times had I let myself connect with someone only to have it thrown back in my face?
Jay Asher