Rosebush Quotes

“Impossible is just another word for 'loser who gives up.”
― Michele Jaffe, Rosebush

“Don't let them make you doubt yourself. All the greatest visionaries in history have been told they were insane at some point.”
― Michele Jaffe, Rosebush

“There's no such thing as lost; there's just adjusting your perspective.”
― Michele Jaffe, Rosebush

“So let me see-you've got a boyfriend, a not boyfriend, and a secret admirer.

" He shook his head at me. "Girl, no wonder someone tried to run you down.”
― Michele Jaffe, Rosebush

“And we'd look at each other the way you do when you see someone on the street you think you recognize, but not quite. Someone you wish with all your heart were there but who is actually just a stranger. And you feel a kind of deep longing that hurts like a huge gash and your inability to fix it leaves you frustrated and angry and bone-deep lonely.”
― Michele Jaffe, Rosebush

“Oh well, it’s over for you. Call the code at 2:03 p.m.”

My eyes widened in shock. “That’s what they say when someone dies.”

“Exactly.” He nodded. “Woman have fallen in love with me after staring like that for only thirty seconds and
I think you just took a full minute. You’re doomed.”
― Michele Jaffe, Rosebush

“Popularity can be a real headache.”
― Michele Jaffe, Rosebush

“I think it shows that sometimes for one person to keep breathing, something else has to stop." (hardcover page 37)”
― Michele Jaffe, Rosebush

“No, this is serious, Ollie. So I'm watching this spider building its web in the corner of the window. First it does the main parts, then the little connector rods. It's like so careful and precise, right? And then just when it's done, Mrs. Halverson comes over and says, 'It's so stuffy in here I can hardly breathe. Let's have some air,' and opens the window. And boom, all the spider's work was gone." He paused. "Made me think, man, that was just like life."

I touched his cheek. "What do you mean, silly boy?"

"You work and work, and all it takes is one bitch to ruin everything."

Ollie stared ahead steadily and said, "I think it shows that sometimes for one person to keep breathing, something else has to stop.”
― Michele Jaffe, Rosebush

“It takes someone really brave to confess they're wrong and try to make it right" -Pete”
― Michele Jaffe, Rosebush

“I just think that once you begin to see things the way the camera says is the average way, the way most people want to see them, it can be hard to remember to go back and find your own focus, your own point of view" -Scott”
― Michele Jaffe, Rosebush

“Perception can make reality”
― Michele Jaffe, Rosebush

“You might think that if you were paralyzed, at least you couldn't feel the pain. But it isn't like that. You can't move, but you can hurt. You can hurt more than you can imagine.”
― Michele Jaffe, Rosebush

“You should have died”
― Michele Jaffe, Rosebush

“All for one, and one for all”
― Michele Jaffe, Rosebush

“If you think people aren't posing when they're in public, you're more naïve than I imagined..." -Ollie”
― Michele Jaffe, Rosebush

“You're afraid. You're afraid of trying and not succeeding. What's the worst thing that happens if you apply and don't get it?" -Scott”
― Michele Jaffe, Rosebush

“There's no such thing as lost; there's just adjusting your perspective" -Scott”
― Michele Jaffe, Rosebush

“There's nothing wrong with wanting to be important. What's wrong is using other people to make yourself feel important" -Elsa”
― Michele Jaffe, Rosebush