Top 30 Quotes From Jessica Davis

Jessica: I think the kind of friends you have say a lot about the kind of person you are. And Hannah, she was a true friend. Better than I deserve. We all want to be strong. We all want to be the kind of people who deserve good friends, but I guess, at the end of the day, none of us are as strong as we want to be.

Bryce: [to Jessica] I don't know what you want me to fucking do or say, or I... or what the fuck, but I am sorry. And I will be sorry until the day that I die for what happened that night at your party, and for everything that happened after.
Jessica: What happened was that you raped me while I was unconscious and then lied about it to everybody!
Bryce: Jess, I'm not that person anymore.
Jessica: I don't believe that. I don't think you do either. I don't need an apology from you. I realized I don't need a goddamn thing from you. Why don't you work on what it is you need?

Jessica: You know what? Fuck you, Monty! Fuck all you jocks. Seriously, I was raped by the king of the school and I stayed silent. I protected the jock who raped me because I don't know. Because I thought it would hurt more to speak up because I thought it would ruin my reputation. But I am no longer staying quiet. No more. So, here's my promise: if you elect me, I will take down the jocks at this school. Put an end to their bullshit. I will not tolerate the ones who protect them and I will demand that their victims no longer remain silent.

Jessica: [to Casey] You just want to piss people off.
Casey: Yes, I fucking do. People should be pissed off! This doesn't end 'cause they put a fucking rapist in the ground.
Jessica: My rapist! My rapist, okay? And I say we can't do this. We can't be this!
Casey: 'Cause you want to protect your rapist and that's messed up.
Jessica: No, because there's human decency!
Casey: I think I understand. You're still a victim. Well, you'll know where to find the survivors on Sunday.

Jessica: [When Clay confronts Jessica about the night of her party] Seriously, Clay? Get over it.
Clay: It was you she was talking about, right? Because if it was, I want to help, okay? We need to do something about it. Tell someone.
Jessica: That night did not happen the way Hannah said.
Clay: Then how did it happen?
Jessica: I hooked up with my boyfriend.
Clay: With Justin.
Jessica: Yeah. With Justin.
Clay: Hannah said you were completely out of it. She said things happened.
Jessica: If something happened, I'd remember it.

Bryce: [to Alex and Jessica] Is this happening again? You're back together?
Jessica: Not unless this is the "Hell Freezes Over" dance.
Alex: Sad thing is, that'd be a really good theme.

Bryce: [to Jessica about Alex] Okay, seriously, how does he get all the hot girls? I mean his dick must be huge.
Jessica: Only one huge dick in the vicinity at the moment, Bryce.

Jessica: [to Justin] What did you tell him?
Justin: What did I tell who?
Jessica: Mr. Porter! What did you tell him yesterday? Why haven't you been at school?
Justin: I just needed a day off to chill.
Jessica: The day after you talk to Porter, you need a day off? You're not telling me something!
Justin: What would I not be telling you?
Jessica: Clay has the tapes now.
Justin: I know. Don't worry about it.
Jessica: He's not like the rest of us. He could say something.
Justin: He won't talk. We'll make sure of it.
Jessica: You could lose your shot at a scholarship.
Justin: We'll deal with it, okay? Just, just chill! How far is he, anyway?
Jessica: He's not there yet if that's what you mean. Justin? If Hannah was lying, why are you here?

Principal: [to Jessica about protesting Bryce's funeral] And you think given the circumstances of his death that this kind of protest is appropriate?
Jessica: Well, he was a rapist.
Principal: He was also a child whose family is mourning his death and we're reminding them what he did when he was alive. Miss Davis, we've supported your group, we've given you all access to meeting rooms, school resources, but this... this is... this does not feel like activism. This is a vendetta. This is personal.
Jessica: Well, the group decided, not me. But it's all personal, Mr. Bolan. The personal is political.
Principal: I don't suppose you'd believe me if I were to tell you that I'm a feminist.
Jessica: No. Not really.
Principal: Well, I am and I value activism. I was arrested for protesting apartheid. I've walked these picket lines three times as a teacher. So, I'd like you to ask yourself if your ends justify these means.
Jessica: We believe in our cause.
Principal: So do I until you do this. It's a troubled time, Miss Davis. Think hard before you make it worse.

Clay: [to Jessica] Why did you and Hannah fight? I don't get it.
Jessica: Of course you don't. You're a guy.
Clay: You guys were friends.
Jessica: We weren't friends. Friends tell the truth, friends don't turn on each other. Hannah's a user and a liar. You can't believe anything that she says. Not a thing. I mean, what she said, on the tapes, about us and Monet's, she's the one who stopped coming, not me. She's the one who ended our friendship and she knew it. She's a liar. Was a liar.

Jessica: [while in group therapy] I couldn't move. He got on top of me, and I couldn't move my arms. Or if I did, he'd just push them back down. He just kept pushing everywhere. He wouldn't listen. I can still feel his hands taking off my underwear. I just feel him all the time. If I kiss someone, I can feel his breath. If I touch someone, I just remember trying to get him not to touch me. God. So it's really fucking stupid that I'm worried about Justin when he's one of the goddamn reasons why I'm dealing with all of this shit.

Olivia: [after Justin is arrested as an accessory to Jessica's rape] Jessica. We got him. We got Bryce.
Jessica: But they got Justin, too. What do we do?
[cries into Olivia's arms]
Olivia: You keep fighting.

Jessica: Mrs. Antilly, I'm sure Hillary is awesome, but...
Hannah: If we're gonna be great friends, you should know my name is Hannah.
Jessica: What did I call you?
Hannah: Hillary.
Jessica: That's not your name?
Hannah: No. Hannah.
Jessica: Crap. I already got your best friend necklace engraved with "Hillary."
Hannah: Any students named Hillary we can set up with Jennifer?
Jessica: Jessica.
Hannah: Sorry. Jezebel.
Jessica: No problem, Harriet.
Hannah: Ooh, can I actually get a Jezebel? She'd be an amazing friend.

Alex: [to Jessica] Can I just ask you one question? What is it about me that isn't good enough?
Jessica: Alex, come on. It's not... it's not about that.
Alex: Then what? 'Cause I don't understand why you weren't ready to date me, but you're ready to date him.
Jessica: Why you want to be with one person and not someone else, you can't always explain it.
Alex: Well, try.
Jessica: It's like you learn to listen to your body, who you're attracted to, who makes you feel safe.
Alex: Safe? He let his best friend rape you and then he lied to you about it! How the fuck does that feel safe?

Jessica: [When Jessica finds Justin in her bedroom] Jesus! What the hell, Justin?
Justin: I'm sorry. I needed to see you.
Jessica: I'm gonna scream.
Justin: I texted and I called...
Jessica: I'm gonna call the police.
Justin: Jess, please, I was trying to protect you.
Jessica: Protect me? Seriously?
Justin: I thought if you didn't know, if no one found out...
Jessica: What? I'd be fine? I'd go about my life? You and I would get married and live happily ever after?
Justin: That's what I wanted, was for us to to be together. Forever.
Justin: You let him. You let him.
Jessica: No, I was drunk and I was scared.
Justin: So was I.
Jessica: Bryce was at the...
Jessica: Don't say that name!
Justin: I'm sorry, it's just that... Every time I was thrown out, when my mom was fucked up, one of her boyfriends was fucking with me, he was there for me. When I had no money, when I was starving, his folks bought my shit for school. Okay, when my mom was busted for possession, he got his dad to bail her out.
Jessica: They do that shit so they can own you.
Justin: No. Okay? Last year, I couldn't afford new shoes for basketball. I went through four pairs that season. When we got to playoffs, they just had, like, fucking holes. Bryce didn't offer to buy me new shoes. He pretended he had an extra pair.
Jessica: Justin, are you seriously trying to make excuses for what you did?
Justin: No. I just want you to understand...
Jessica: And I want you to understand what it's like to be raped, but I truly hope you never will.

Justin: So why the fuck would Clay take Courtney to Hannah's grave?
Jessica: I have no idea, but if he's doing this now, what happens when he gets to the stuff about my party?
Justin: Nothing happens, okay? I'm ending this shit right now.
Jessica: He doesn't think that Hannah's lying. He could tell people the wrong things.
Justin: He won't. I'll take care of it.
Jessica: How? Justin, I don't want people to think... what if people find out about what Hannah said and then everyone starts to think something happened?
Justin: No one's going to think anything's happened. No one's going to think or say anything.

Justin: [to Jessica] What the hell, Jess? You coming or not?
Jessica: In a minute. I'm talking to Alex.
Justin: Oh, about what?
Alex: About how much she misses me. About how much better of a boyfriend I am than you. How she wishes she never broke up with me. How you smell bad.
Jessica: Alex, come on!
Justin: Fuck you, Alex.
Alex: What? It's totally true. She was like, "Justin smells bad." I was like, "I know."
Jessica: I did not say that.
Justin: You're a funny guy, Standall.

Clay: [to Jessica about the tapes] I'll burn these. I'll light them on fire and let them burn until they're... I don't know, melted plastic and ash. It's your call. But if you want to fight if you want him to pay you for what he did, these tapes can help. They're proof.
Jessica: You want me to tell the whole goddamn world what happened to me?
Clay: I want you to do what you want to do. Whatever's going to make this better for you, if anything can.

Clay: [to Jessica] Are you... I promised myself that I wasn't going to say something stupid like "are you okay?" or "how are you doing?," because, like, "how the fuck do you think," right? But how are you?
Jessica: How the fuck do you think?

Alex: [to Jessica] You look amazing.
Jessica: Good enough to make your next list?

Jessica: I don't blame Hannah for anything. That's how it is for girls. People judge you by the way you look, the things they hear about you. They put a label on you. I just feel like boys get to define themselves. They get to choose their identity, and they can hide behind it. Well, most boys. I think some know what it's like to be afraid to feel like the world gave you a certain label that you have to live with for the rest of your life, but most boys don't know what it's like. Every single girl does.

Bryce: [When Jessica taps on Bryce's car window as he's smoking weed] Jesus! Fuck! Jess! The fuck? You can't sneak up on a guy like that.
Jessica: I didn't know that kid was a dealer.
Bryce: Yeah, as a sideline. My usual guy does house calls, but I gave my last bag to Marcus yesterday.
Jessica: Is that bag for now or later?
Bryce: Shit. So you're a stoner now too? What is it with the best and the brightest?
Jessica: Are you looking to have some fun or what?
Bryce: Where's your boyfriend?
Jessica: Practice. We can meet up with him after.
Bryce: Why aren't you at practice?
Jessica: I'm still benched.
Bryce: Seriously? That's fucked up.
Jessica: This school is fucked up.
Bryce: [chuckles] Don't disagree.
Jessica: So, are we gonna smoke or what?
Bryce: In the parking lot? Are you insane?
Jessica: Maybe a little.
Bryce: We can go back to my place. My folks won't be home for a few hours.
Jessica: Or we can go back to mine. Mine won't be home for a couple of days.
Bryce: You're not gonna get me in trouble, are you, Jess?
Jessica: Maybe a little. Maybe a little.

Justin: [to Jessica] Tell me what you want me to do and I'll do it. I'll fucking go to the school. I'll talk to the cops. I'll kill Bryce. If you want, I'll kill him with my bare hands and pay the price. Just please tell me what you want.
Jessica: What I want is never to see you again in my life.

Jessica: Hot chocolate is the cure for all things shitty in life.

Principal: [to Jessica] All right, look. Given how destructive and public the events at the homecoming game were, we're looking at a multiple-day suspension.
Jessica: Okay.
Principal: And I understand that there are some very strong feelings here and you and your group have an important voice that needs to be heard, and I want to be sensitive to that, but I also want to find a solution that is positive, even progressive, as well as remedial.
Jessica: [after reading a text message] Oh, shit!
Principal: I'm sorry?
Jessica: I mean, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Whatever.
Principal: If I suspend you, I have to suspend everybody in your group, not to mention Clay Jensen and Tyler Down, as well as the majority of the football team: Zach Dempsey, Justin Foley, Charlie Saint-George, Montgomery de la Cruz...
Jessica: Wouldn't that be a shame if Monty got suspended?
Principal: We have damage to our stadium and to our field. We had to cancel the homecoming dance. I have football players walking around with black eyes and bloody faces like they've been through the wars.
Jessica: Isn't that what football's all about?
Principal: I have the Dean of Students of Hillcrest calling, threatening personal injury lawsuits.
Jessica: Well, they started it.
Principal: Our students threw all the first punches.
Jessica: Yeah, but Hillcrest started it. You get that, right?
Principal: This was about Bryce Walker, was it not? The fact that he was on the field.
Jessica: Bryce Walker had nothing to do with it.
Principal: Yeah, well, you and I both know that's not true. Now, you listen to me, Jessica. You incited a riot and there are consequences. You're the student body president, for Christ's sake. You're supposed to be a role model.
Principal: That's what I was being.

Jessica: [to Alex] Listen to me, you asshole. How could you do what you did? After Hannah, I needed you. You were the only one I could trust, who understood what I was going through, and you were gonna fucking leave me behind? That's messed up, Alex. It's messed up.

Justin: [When Justin shows up at school in the cafeteria] Hey, Jess. I missed you. Can we go somewhere else to talk, alone?
Jessica: No.
Justin: I came back for you. It's the only reason why I'm here. If you want me to stay, I promise you I'm here for good. Look, if you want me to go, I'll go. Forever, this time.
Jessica: You said that before.
Justin: I... I tried to go away. I tried to forget about you. I... I tried so fucking hard, but I can't stop thinking about you.
Jessica: Yeah, I think about you, too. And I wish you were dead.
Justin: I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you more.

Jessica: I know the rumors, Hannah.
Hannah: Well, you can't know rumors. You can hear them, but you can't know them.

Jessica: [to Hannah] How could you betray me like that?
Hannah: Like what? What did I do?
Jessica: Is it you and Alex now?
Hannah: No! How could you even...? Of course not! He likes you, you like him. I'm the one who's out.
Jessica: Yeah, and that pissed you off, didn't it?
Hannah: A little. I mean... It made me sad.
Jessica: Why didn't you just tell me?
Hannah: Maybe I was afraid of something like this.
Jessica: Something like what?
Hannah: You needed it to be my fault, so it was my fault. Jess. You know this doesn't mean anything.
Jessica: Don't act innocent.
Hannah: But I am. I had nothing to do with this. Alex did this on his own.
Jessica: He just broke up with me on his own.
Hannah: I didn't know he broke up with you.
Jessica: I'll just say this: enjoy it. 'Cause you will, won't you? 'Cause that's what sluts do.
Hannah: Fuck you.
[Jessica slaps Hannah]

Jessica: Your Honor, when we leave this courtroom, Bryce Walker gets to leave convinced that he chose the wrong girl to have sex with. I get to leave constantly looking over my shoulder for monsters dressed up as the popular kid, constantly on edge and assuming the worst in every boy. The sentence you decide today can tell Bryce Walker what he did was wrong. It can say that to every boy, every man who behaves like he does. And it can say to victims like me that our story matters.