Jay Asher
Jay Asher
Jay Asher is an American writer of contemporary novels for teens. He has one major publication in the genre of young adult literature...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth30 September 1975
CityArcadia, CA
CountryUnited States of America
years fifteen littles
One little ripple started today could create a typhoon fifteen years from now.
reason
But they were wrong. There was a reason.
hurt what-if said
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 hoped you were? That, more than anything, would have hurt the most.
awful
Everything seemed good, but I knew it had the potential to be awful.
faces thrown
How many times had I let myself connect with someone only to have it thrown back in my face?
office world realization
Everything about it was false. Right then, in that office, with the realization that no one knew the truth about my life, my thoughts about the world were shaken.
world wanted make-sense
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.
chance
We didn't get that chance because I was afraid. Afraid I had no chance with you.
lying matched
Because our lies matched. It was a sign.
goes-on knows
You don't know what goes on in anyone's life but your own.
heart vacuums process
My heart and my trust were in the process of collapsing. And that collapse created a vacuum in my chest.
talking ideas may
That's what I love about poetry. The more abstract, the better. The stuff where you're not sure what the poet's talking about. You may have an idea, but you can't be sure. Not a hundred percent. Each word, specifically chosen, could have a million different meanings.
kissing firsts first-kiss
Hannah wasn't my first kiss, but the first kiss that mattered: the first kiss with someone who mattered. (pg 222).
growing hours made
and i walked for hours the mist growing thick and whole the thought of disappaering like that, so simply, made me so happy