Courtney Crimsen is the fifth name on Hannah’s list. She offers to help Hannah identify the person taking pictures of Hannah through her bedroom window. After they work together to discover that it’s Tyler, though, Courtney keeps her distance from Hannah, leading Hannah to realize that Courtney values her reputation of being a nice person more than she values actually maintaining a friendship. Courtney later asks Hannah to go to a party with her, but Hannah quickly realizes Courtney is just pretending to be friendly so that Hannah will give her a ride. Courtney is another person who spreads rumors about Hannah being overtly sexual, which further increases Hannah’s distrust of everyone around her.
Courtney Crimsen Quotes in Thirteen Reasons Why
The Thirteen Reasons Why quotes below are all either spoken by Courtney Crimsen or refer to Courtney Crimsen. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Cassette 3: Side A
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Watching those guys pummel each other so no one would suspect them of being weak was too much for me. Their reputations were more important than their faces. And Courtney’s reputation was more important than my reputation.
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Hannah Baker (speaker), Courtney Crimsen
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Cassette 3: Side B
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Right then, in that office, with the realization that no one knew the truth about my life, my thoughts about the world were shaken.
Like driving along a bumpy road and losing control of the steering wheel, tossing you—just a tad—off the road. The wheels kick up some dirt, but you’re able to pull it back. Yet no matter how tightly you grip the wheel, no matter how hard you try to drive straight, something keeps jerking you to the side. You have so little control over anything anymore. And at some point, the struggle becomes too much—too tiring—and you consider letting go. Allowing tragedy… or whatever… to happen.
Related Characters:
Hannah Baker (speaker), Courtney Crimsen
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Courtney Crimsen Character Timeline in Thirteen Reasons Why
The timeline below shows where the character Courtney Crimsen appears in Thirteen Reasons Why. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Cassette 2: Side B
...tells the girl who sits in front of her in class about it. The girl (Courtney Crimsen, though Hannah doesn’t reveal her name yet) seems excited and wonders if the “Peeping...
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After school that day, Courtney goes back to Hannah’s house with her. Once it gets dark, they go to Hannah’s...
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Courtney opens Hannah’s dresser drawer and loudly says, “I didn’t know you were into this. […]...
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...where he opens it again to find a photo of Hannah with her arm around Courtney Crimsen. Hannah is smiling, but Courtney looks nervous, though Clay doesn’t know why.
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Cassette 3: Side A
Hannah begins the next tape by addressing Courtney Crimsen. She says that Courtney has a pretty name and is a pretty girl; everyone...
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Hannah says she doesn’t hate Courtney or even dislike her. She thought she and Courtney were becoming friends for a while,...
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Courtney only started treating Hannah like a friend again on the day of a big party....
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Looking back, Hannah theorizes that Courtney asked her to the party because she knew she’d hurt Hannah’s feelings by ignoring her,...
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Hannah’s story continues. Courtney and Hannah park a couple of blocks away from the party and they hear the...
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...two boys fighting each other to protect their macho reputations, coupled with the fact that Courtney used her to improve her own reputation, makes Hannah want to vomit to try to...
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...the attention—she thinks the boy is cute—but then he reveals that he actually just overheard Courtney saying that Hannah had “a few surprises” in her dresser drawers. (In the present, Clay...
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After the picture, Hannah tells Courtney she’s leaving and that Courtney should find another ride home. As she walks to her...
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Cassette 3: Side B
...turns around, a teacher greets her and mentions she saw a photo of Hannah and Courtney together in the yearbook room. The teacher says that yearbook photos are great because they...
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Cassette 6: Side B
...some fresh air. (On the tape, Hannah points the listeners to D-4 on their maps: Courtney Crimsen’s house, although this tape isn’t about Courtney.) That night, Hannah plans just to walk...
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Hannah’s story continues. Hannah goes through the gate and sees a hot tub. Bryce and Courtney are in the tub. Courtney tells Hannah they’re in their underwear. Hannah strips off and...
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...touching her underwear and his thumb is touching her bra. Hannah turns her head away. Courtney gets out of the hot tub and walks away. Bryce asks Hannah if she remembers...
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In the present, instead of walking to Courtney’s house, Clay walks toward the park where Hannah had her first kiss. As he listens...
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