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You don't know what goes on in anyone's life but your own.
Jay Asher
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Jay Asher
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: September 30
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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 to you? Because trust me when I said it I knew it was the last thing I’d ever say.
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And here he is again, yet things feel like they'll never be as easy between us as they once were.
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I could picture life—school and everything else—continuing on without me. But I could not picture my funeral. Not at all. Mostly because I couldn’t imagine who would attend or what they would say.
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If I had a chance with him, I missed it. No, I didn't miss it. I threw it away.
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What you don't understand, you can make mean anything.
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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.
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How many times had I let myself connect with someone only to have it thrown back in my face?
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God, I am freaking out. Maybe he doesn’t know. Maybe I just look guilty of something and he’s picking up on that.
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A flood of emotions rushes into me. Pain and anger. Sadness and pity. But most surprising of all, hope.
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And at some point, the struggle becomes too much-too tiring-and you consider letting go. Allowing tragedy... or whatever... to happen.
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I hate not knowing what to believe anymore. I hate not knowing what's real.
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It was love because it was worth it.
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The main thing I wanted to say, and thankfully it’s what most people say they get out of the book, is simply an acknowledgement that we do affect each other in ways we can’t predict.
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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.
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Every reader is different. There's no book that's inappropriate for every person, but there are people who cannot handle everything.
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Because I've heard so many stories that I don't know which one is the most popular. But I do know which is the least popular. The truth.
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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?
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But sometimes there’s nothing left to do but move on.
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We didn't get that chance because I was afraid. Afraid I had no chance with you.
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We all know the sound a camera makes when it snaps a picture. Even some of the digitals do it for nostalgia’s sake.
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