Hannah Baker Quotes

Hannah Baker (from the tape): Here we are. Tape 12. If you’ve listened this far and haven’t heard your name, well, I bet you know exactly what’s coming now. Or maybe you don’t have any idea. Could that be true? Could a person be that sick?

Hannah Baker (from the tape): Clay… Helmet… your name does not belong on this list. But you need to be here if I’m going to tell my story. If I’m going to explain why I did what I did. Because you aren’t every other guy. You’re different. You’re good and kind… and decent. And I didn’t deserve to be with someone like you. I never would. I would have ruined you. It wasn’t you. It was me… and everything that’s happened to me.

Hannah Baker (from the tape): I never told you, Clay, but I’ve always admired you. You are who you are, and you don’t care. And I always cared what other people thought of me, as much as I acted like I didn’t.

Hannah Baker (from the tape): I know it was guilt I was feeling. And anger. I think lots of anger. Anger at the whole f*cking world and the way it works. But mostly anger at myself. For what I could have had, and never would. That’s terrible decision number two. That’s up next. That’s another sad and stupid story. There’s so much wrong in the world. There’s so much hurt. I couldn’t take knowing I’d made it worse. And I couldn’t take knowing it would never get any better.

Hannah Baker (from the tape): I just needed to be alone. This was starting to be more than I could live with.

Hannah Baker (to Sheri): When you do something wrong, you can’t just… like… ignore it.

Hannah Baker (from the tape): Sometimes… things just happen to you. They just happen. You can’t help it. But it’s what you do next that counts. Not what happens… but what you decide to do about it. And I’ve made some very bad decisions in my life. As you know.

Hannah Baker (from the tape): It’s about you and me, Justin. You called him a friend. But your girlfriend needed you. That girl had two chances that night. But we both let her down. How do I live with that? How do you, Justin? How does she live with what happened?

Hannah Baker (from the tape): I was nervous, ’cause I felt so good, and I didn’t want to screw it up. I was trying to act normal. But I didn’t really know how anymore.