- Hannah Baker: Fun fact. I did some research on tombstones the other day. Or more specifically, on epitaphs on tombstones. The best one I could find was by this writer called Henry Charles Bukowski, Jr. On his tombstone, he has engraved the picture of a boxer and beneath the boxer, two simple words: "Don't try." I wonder what will be on mine.
- Clay Jensen: [to Sheri] Why are you crying?
- Sheri Holland: Look, Clay, I... I thought that that maybe if if you didn't listen to my tape, then you would still like me. You would see that I'm not that person.
- Clay Jensen: You're on the tapes?
- Sheri Holland: You didn't know?
- Clay Jensen: No, I haven't listened to them all.
- Sheri Holland: I... I did something... Hannah and I, but I did it. And it's horrible and I can't... Look ,I can't tell you what it is, and I don't want you to know 'cause I don't want you to look at me that way and it would kill me if you heard what were on those tapes.
- Clay Jensen: What did you do?
- Sheri Holland: Clay, please. It's over. The damage is done and I just wish that...
- Clay Jensen: You wish I'd give up the tapes. You want me to pass them on, just like Marcus? Just like everyone?
- Sheri Holland: Clay...
- Clay Jensen: This is why you're here? Why you've been so nice to me? Why you kissed me?
- Sheri Holland: Oh, my God, Clay, no.
- Clay Jensen: I think you should leave.
- Sheri Holland: Clay, it...
- Clay Jensen: Just go!
- Hannah Baker: [after the incident with Marcus] I couldn't move. I couldn't get up and leave or scream. Anything would have been better than sitting there thinking that somehow this was my fault. Thinking I'd be alone the rest of my life.
- Lainie Jensen: Clay, honey. If this case could hurt you in any way, then I won't take it, but you have to tell me why. You have to tell me what's going on. I can't help you if you don't talk to me.
- Clay Jensen: You can't help anyway, Mom.
- Kevin Porter: [after Mr. Porter breaks up the fight between Alex and Montgomery] What the hell is going on?
- Montgomery: He started it.
- Kevin Porter: Yeah? So what are you doing?
- Montgomery: Finishing it?
- Justin Foley: Where you going, Clay?
- Clay Jensen: Where's my bike?
- Justin Foley: I'm gonna hold onto it for a while and you're gonna keep quiet, right?
- Clay Jensen: What are you gonna do, Justin? Beat the shit out of me, too? Go ahead.
- Justin Foley: I'll do it if I have to.
- Clay Jensen: Okay. You know where to find me.
- Clay Jensen: [to Sheri about the fight] Did you see that?
- Sheri Holland: I couldn't watch. I don't know why people act like that. People can be fucking assholes.
- Clay Jensen: It's a school full of assholes.
- Sheri Holland: I mean, right? But I don't think you're an asshole.
- Clay Jensen: That's very kind. And I don't think you're a... I mean, can girls be assholes?
- Sheri Holland: Oh, yeah. Trust me.
- Clay Jensen: So, yeah. You're not.
- Hannah Baker: Marcus, welcome to your tape. What was it? Did you want to see if the rumors were true? Or did you just want to start some new ones of your own?
- Hannah Baker: [When Marcus starts groping Hannah] Stop it, no. Get off me. Don't touch me! Get off!
- [pushes Marcus away]
- Marcus Cole: [gets up] Hey, what the fuck?
- Hannah Baker: Get away from me.
- Marcus Cole: No sweat. Thought you were easy.
- Jeff Atkins: [while reading Clay's survey for the Oh My Dollar Valentines] How do I spend my Saturday nights? You answered: "video games." Favorite kind of music: "obscure indie bands." Favorite reading materials: "fantasy and sci-fi"? Dude, why not just say you watch "Lord of the Rings" on repeat.
- Clay Jensen: I don't do that. Anymore.
- Tony Padilla: You used to do that?
- Olivia Baker: Maybe we should be blaming ourselves. I mean, if we weren't so preoccupied with the fucking store...
- Andy Baker: The store's how we survive.
- Olivia Baker: No, no, no. The store was to get you out of that company that was killing you to get us out of that shitty suburban wasteland.
- Andy Baker: If we hadn't taken that loan and bought the store and moved here, then Hannah would still be in that giant, faceless high school with those hateful girls and maybe things would have ended just the way they did.
- Olivia Baker: How can you say that?
- Andy Baker: How can we know?
- Hannah Baker: [to Marcus] So why'd you bring the entourage? You scared you're not safe out here on your own with me?
- Marcus Cole: Actually, um, those guys are my unpaid interns. I have them do all my menial tasks.
- Hannah Baker: Oh yeah? You give 'em college credit?
- Marcus Cole: Well, that's what I tell them anyway.
- Marcus Cole: [to Clay] This isn't the time for any of us to be stirring shit up. Understand what I'm saying?
- Clay Jensen: No, what are you saying?
- Marcus Cole: People start asking questions. Those tapes get out, it...
- Clay Jensen: I thought you said you didn't listen to the tapes.
- Marcus Cole: This isn't just us. This isn't just a school thing. There's a lawsuit. Lives could get ruined.
- Clay Jensen: Seems like lives have already been ruined, don't you think?
- Hannah: Maybe we are more than what the world sees.
- Hannah: Or less.