Jess Rothenberg Books & Quotes

“For the record, I would like to point out that it is NOT being obsessive to memorize a boy's schedule so that you can accidentally bump into him. It is called being efficient.”

Love Humor High School Young Adult Young Love

Book:The Catastrophic History of You and Me

Source: The Catastrophic History of You and Me

“News flash: The whole thing is a huge mess and a giant nightmare and it’s all about to explode in your face and you have no idea what you’ve gotten yourself into. Love is no game. People cut their ears off over this stuff. People jump off the Eiffel Tower and sell all their possessions and move to Alaska to live with the grizzly bears, and then they get eaten and nobody hears them when they scream for help. That’s right. Falling in love is pretty much the same thing as being eaten alive by a grizzly bear. Believe me, I should know.”

Love Heartbreak

Book:The Catastrophic History of You and Me

Source: The Catastrophic History of You and Me

“You can obsess and obsess over how things ended—what you did wrong or could have done differently—but there's not much of a point. It's not like it'll change anything. So really, why worry?”

Love Heartbreak Heartache

Book:The Catastrophic History of You and Me

Source: The Catastrophic History of You and Me

“News flash, Bozo. Don't ever tell a girl to relax. It only makes us madder.”

Truth

Book:The Catastrophic History of You and Me

Source: The Catastrophic History of You and Me

“There's always that one guy who gets a hold on you.”

Feelings Guys Hold Unforgotten

Author:Jess Rothenberg

“Sometimes, remembering hurts too much.”

Love Memories Remembering

Book:The Catastrophic History of You and Me

Source: The Catastrophic History of You and Me

“There’s always that one guy who gets a hold on you. Not like your best friend’s brother who gets you in a headlock kind of hold. Or the little kid you’re babysitting who attaches himself to your leg kind of hold. I’m talking epic. Life changing. The “can’t eat, can’t sleep, can’t do your homework, can’t stop giggling, can’t remember anything but his smile” kind of hold. Like, Wesley and Buttercup proportions. Harry and Sally. Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. The kind of hold in all your favorite ’80s songs, like the “Must Have Been Love”s, the “Take My Breath Away”s, the “Eternal Flame”s—the ones you sing into a hairbrush-microphone at the top of your lungs with your best friends on a Saturday night.”

Love Crush Break Up Boy Trouble

Book:The Catastrophic History of You and Me

Source: The Catastrophic History of You and Me

“War is sweet to those who have never fought.”

War

Book:The Catastrophic History of You and Me

Source: The Catastrophic History of You and Me

“And yes, when he kisses you, the rest of the world disappears and your brain shuts off and all you can feel are his lips and nothing else matters.”

Love Kiss

Book:The Catastrophic History of You and Me

Source: The Catastrophic History of You and Me

“I was falling. Falling through time and space and stars and sky and everything in between. I fell for days and weeks and what felt like lifetime across lifetimes. I fell until I forgot I was falling.”

Fall Sky Falling In Love Endless Falling Vast

Book:The Catastrophic History of You and Me

Source: The Catastrophic History of You and Me

“In the midst of happiness or despair in sorrow or in joy in pleasure or in pain: Do what is right and you will be at peace.”

Pain Happiness Joy Peace Pleasure Personality Sorrow Despair Right

Book:The Catastrophic History of You and Me

Source: The Catastrophic History of You and Me

“I skipped toward him and gave him a tiny kiss on the cheek. “Yup.” He looked at me like I was crazy. “What was that for?” I smiled. “For being an excellent partner in crime.”

Love Heartbreak Bestfriend

Book:The Catastrophic History of You and Me

Source: The Catastrophic History of You and Me

“Patrick's entire front torso was covered with gruesome stab wounds. Like he'd been run through again and again with a sharp knife - and it hadn't been an accident. "Oh, love," I whispered. "What did you do to yourself?" Hot tears stung my eyes as I began to trace his scars with my fingertips, leaning in to kiss them softly, one by one. "Sui Caedere," he said. "I couldn't live without you.”

Patrick Brie Jess Rothenberg

Book:The Catastrophic History of You and Me

Source: The Catastrophic History of You and Me

“Like Wendy, John, and Michael Darling on the night Peter Pan taught them how to fly - I think one happy thought. In my pocket, I have a knife.”

Ana

Book:The Kingdom

Source: The Kingdom

“One nice thing about heaven is that you can relive all your favorite moments and memories pretty much as many times as you want—sort of like a DVD of your whole life. Pause, rewind, fast-forward, slowwww motion, all day, every day.”

Heaven

Book:The Catastrophic History of You and Me

Source: The Catastrophic History of You and Me

“Love hurts us all, no matter how old or young we are.”

Love Age Hurt

Book:The Catastrophic History of You and Me

Source: The Catastrophic History of You and Me

“In the midst of happiness or despair in sorrow or in joy in pleasure or in pain: Do what is right and you will be at peace. In life there is no greater gift than peace, except love. May you always have love.”

Love Peace

Book:The Catastrophic History of You and Me

Source: The Catastrophic History of You and Me

Jess Rothenberg Books

The Catastrophic History of You and Me

The Kingdom

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