Dating After the End of the World Quotes

“Loss happens in an instant, but it lasts a lifetime.”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“Animosity hurts you, not the person it’s directed at. It’s like poison, but you’re the only one consuming it.”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“The point is to grow into tomorrow, not dwell on today.”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“Just because the world ended doesn’t mean yours has to end too.”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“I wanted to challenge myself. I wanted to write something different, something that blurred the lines of genre, something that made you laugh and cry, made your heart pound for one reason or another,”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“Tessa leans over and whispers, “This is probably his sexual fantasy—to role-play as a drill instructor.” “Can you imagine him in bed?” I whisper back. “The key to sex is penetration; right now you have none, but when I’m done with you, you will.” Tessa bursts out laughing.”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“slow”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“Loss happens in an instant”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“know you’re supposed to believe your parents”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“but it’s going to because everything eventually ends”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“The world may have ended”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“Right now”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“Never let someone bigger than you pin you to the ground. The longer you’re pinned”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“You’re right”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“Animosity hurts you”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“Funerals are for the living because the dead don’t give a damn.”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“I’m sure Nate’s coming up with a plan in his head”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“doesn’t . . . but it’s going to because everything eventually ends, and that includes the world.” I know you’re supposed to believe your parents, trust what they’re saying, and I have. I’ve believed every word my dad has uttered since I learned what words meant, but now I’m not so sure anymore. I stopped believing in Santa when I was nine years old, and I feel like I’m gonna stop believing in my dad one day too. Maybe I already have.”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“God, you are more useless and stupid than I thought you were. I knew I made the right decision leaving you behind.” He cracks a wide smile, revealing bloodstained teeth, relishing in his confession.”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“I think Mr. Enemy with Benefits is going to kill your fiancé,” Tessa whispers. “I know, and then I’m going to kill him”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“There’s someone here to see you, and he says he’s your fiancé.” My eyes grow impossibly wide. It feels like they could split at the corners. Fiancé? How is that possible? There’s an immediate tightness in my chest, constricting my lungs, making it hard to breathe, to process this news. “Nate’s here?” I ask, barely getting the words out. 219 My stomach drops as though a trapdoor has suddenly opened up beneath it. I notice Blake’s touch is gone, or maybe I can’t feel him anymore. No, that’s not it. His skin is no longer pressed up against mine, his hand has retreated from my thigh, and his posture’s now rigid. “Yeah.” Tessa nods. “But he insists we call him Dr. Warner.” Her eyes practically roll. “You have a fiancé?” Blake asks, the question coming out strained.”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“Dad, why is Blake Morrison in my bedroom?” My father furrows his brow, his eyes darting back and forth between Blake and me. “Oh, you two already know each other?” “Of course I know him. He’s a bully, and he ruined my life.”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“Never let someone bigger than you pin you to the ground. The longer you’re pinned, the more strength you give up. Act quickly and violently. Strike their most vulnerable places. Eyes. Nose. Throat. Groin. Give ’em hell, girl.” I will, Dad.”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“Well, I really hope it doesn’t . . . but it’s going to because everything eventually ends, and that includes the world.” I know you’re supposed to believe your parents, trust what they’re saying, and I have. I’ve believed every word my dad has uttered since I learned what words meant, but now I’m not so sure anymore. I stopped believing in Santa when I was nine years old, and I feel like I’m gonna stop believing in my dad one day too. Maybe I already have.”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“We don’t stop until every muscle in our bodies gives out. I collapse on top of Blake, laying my chest on his as he wraps his arms around me. His heart races, beating through him into me, syncing with the rhythm of my own. Right now, it doesn’t feel like the world ended, because mine is lying in my arms.”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“Well, I really hope it doesn’t . . . but it’s going to because everything eventually ends, and that includes the world.”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“I just wanted you to realize that even when it feels like the world has ended, yours doesn’t have to.”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“And now . . . all they do is make fun of me, except Tessa. She’s my only friend.”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“I don’t care if you’re fifty. You’ll always be my daughter, so I’ll always take care of you.”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World

“I inhale his familiar scent, a mix of sawdust from his woodwork and earth from spending too much time outdoors. It smells like home.”
― Jeneva Rose, Dating After the End of the World