Top 500 L.J. Shen Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “I am air. Invisible and insignificant, but vital all the same.”

— L.J. Shen

52. “I wish I could rewrite you out of my life But all your pages are highlighted Dog-eared and thumbed to death I can no longer read you But you are still my favorite poem.”

— L.J. Shen

53. “We were entwined and entangled, connected with invisible strings, each of us trying to pull away, only to create more knots that made us closer.”

— L.J. Shen

54. “Flaws were intimate. Telling. Pure. Indigo was pretty. Like a wasted sunset, beautiful in a taken-for-granted sort of way.”

— L.J. Shen

55. “Because the birdsong might be pretty, But it’s not for you they sing, And if you think my winter is too cold, You don’t deserve my spring.” Erin Hanson.”

— L.J. Shen

56. “Maybe love wasn’t about feeling happy and whole. Maybe love was about breaking so the person you cared for would feel a little more whole.”

— L.J. Shen

57. “Because moments like these reminded me that my life was hard, but not bad. There was a difference between the two. A hard life equaled a life full of obstacles and challenging moments but also full of people you loved and cared about. A bad life equaled an empty life. One that wasn’t necessarily hard or challenging but was devoid of the people you loved and cared about.”

— L.J. Shen

58. “Love is like ivy. It wraps around you, chokes every part of you quietly. It is not patient, or kind, or gentle. It is needy, cunning, and suffocating.”

— L.J. Shen

59. “My obsession. My muse. My enemy. “All.”

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60. “Seahorses are Luna’s favorite animal because the male seahorse is the only animal in nature to carry the baby and not the mother. The male seahorse is the one to incubate the offspring. To fall pregnant. To nest.”

— L.J. Shen

61. “Not all love stories are written the same way. Ours had torn chapters, missing paragraphs, and a bittersweet ending.”

— L.J. Shen

62. “I wished he didn’t look like an angry god and write like a tortured poet. It would have made hating him so much easier.”

— L.J. Shen

63. “Because my dad told me good girls like bad boys, and I’m bad. Really bad.”

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64. “Be wise. Let your heart lead the way. And when you find someone who’s worth it never let them go.”

— L.J. Shen

65. “Love is a risk. It’s a storm that either disrupts your life or clears your path. Sometimes it does both at the same time. Focus on getting the guy. Everything else will fall into place.”

— L.J. Shen

66. “I was vengeance and hate, fury and wrath.”

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67. “You are that girl. My safe place. My asymmetric happiness. My Edgar Allan Poe poem. You are my Smiths, and my favorite fantasy book, my brownie, and summer vacations in lush places. There will never be anyone else like you. And that’s exactly why you deserve someone better than me.”

— L.J. Shen

68. “Don’t be a Rosie. Be a Dean. If you want something, no matter what it is, go for it. Falling in love is rare.”

— L.J. Shen

69. “You’re the four seasons, Rory. And I promise to be your shelter in the winter. To bask in you in the summer. To crash into love with you in spring like it’s the first time we’ve met. And when you fall? I promise to always pick you up.”

— L.J. Shen

70. “Every painful goodbye starts with a wonderful hello.”

— L.J. Shen

71. “Because moments like these reminded me that my life was hard, but not bad. There was a difference between the two.”

— L.J. Shen

72. “Falling in love is when you lose yourself slowly, piece by piece. Infatuation is when you lose yourself all at once. Love is like ivy. It wraps around you, chokes every part of you quietly. It is not patient, or kind, or gentle. It is needy, cunning, and suffocating.”

— L.J. Shen

73. “You look at me with dynamite in your eyes, waiting for me to light up the match and finally set you on fire.”

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74. “I was born into a gilded cage. It was spacious, but locked, nonetheless. Trying to escape it was risking death. I didn’t like being a prisoner, but I imagined I’d like it much less than being six feet under. And so I’d never even dared to peek through the bars of my prison and see what was on the other side.”

— L.J. Shen

75. “Moonshine,” he whispered. “You fill up the empty, dark space – like the moon owns the sky. It is quiet. It is bright. It doesn’t need to be a ball of flame to be noticed. It simply exists. It forever glows.”

— L.J. Shen

76. “We’ve waited a long time for this. I want the real thing. Not the watered-down version. And the real thing is not only beautiful. It is also ugly. I want your truth.”

— L.J. Shen

77. “He was richer than God, married to one of the most beautiful women in our zip code and a doting father. He won the battle, the war and conquered every obstacle that had stood in his way. He had nothing to prove and reeked of contentment.”

— L.J. Shen

78. “Always. Whenever. Forever.”

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79. “Vita mia, what is love without a little risk?”

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80. “There is nothing more poetically inspiring Than loving the right person At the wrong place At the wrong time.”

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81. “Roman ‘Bane’ Protsenko was beautiful like a Pushkin paragraph. You could read his face from a thousand times, and each time, you’d find something new to admire.”

— L.J. Shen

82. “You fight the tide. You fling your arms, kicking your legs, trying to escape it, overpower it. The secret is to go with the flow. The secret is to ride the wave. Don’t be afraid to get wet.”

— L.J. Shen

83. “Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.” – Mary Oliver.”

— L.J. Shen

84. “Step Away, Coffee. This Is A Job For Alcohol.”

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85. “I will meet someone else. I will sleep with someone else. I will love someone el – ” He cut me off with a searing kiss, slamming my back against the wall in the process. Lacing his fingers through mine, he pinned my hands to the wall beside my waist, caging me in. I growled, knowing we were somewhere public, doing something wrong.”

— L.J. Shen

86. “I never planned on falling for him. It just happened. But that’s the thing about love, isn’t it? It’s like death. You know it will happen one day. You just don’t know how or why or when.”

— L.J. Shen

87. “In Japanese culture, the significance of the cherry blossom tree dates back hundreds of years. The cherry blossom represents the fragility and magnificence of life. It’s a reminder of how beautiful life is, almost overwhelmingly so, but that it is also heartbreakingly short. As are relationships. Be wise. Let your heart lead the way. And when you find someone who’s worth it – never let them go.”

— L.J. Shen

88. “If it ain’t worth cheating on, it ain’t worth winning.” Yes.”

— L.J. Shen

89. “Listen to me carefully, Hunter Fitzpatrick. I may seem like an insecure, average-looking geek to you. And you know what? That’s who I am. I own it. But make no mistake, this insecure geek comes from a long line of people you do not want to screw with, and their savagery rubbed off on me as well. I will not hesitate to pierce your pretty, spoiled-prince heart with one of my pointy arrows.”

— L.J. Shen

90. “Love is so much uglier than hate because when you hate, you’re not confused. When you’re in love, you’re dumb.”

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91. “Snow White waited for the prince. You’ll be the one saving yourself in this story.” I blinked at him, thinking about what my dad used to say, his accent thick, almost as strong as his words. “You don’t need a prince, princess. You need a sword.”

— L.J. Shen

92. “You know, Luna, people dislike me because I fight mean. With no mercy. But what they don’t get is that terror and arousal are very similar. Same adrenaline. Same incentive. Same reaction. What do you say, Rexroth? Are you ready to fight back?”

— L.J. Shen

93. “But imperfection is where we thrive. In the dark alleyways of society where we first met. I take her face in my hands and kiss her again, our teeth clashing together. Imperfect.”

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94. “I met him at the airport. He wore a long dark-gray pea coat, charcoal slacks, a cashmere sweater, and his usual scowl. He was standing outside, the freezing New York weather staining his cheekbones a dark shade of pink while he puffed on a blunt. On the sidewalk of the airport.”

— L.J. Shen

95. “Guilt was a thief. It would steal your mind, mess with your priorities and would eventually steer you from your original plan. I.”

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96. “My wings are not meant to fly,” I whispered. “They’re meant to shield our family.”

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97. “I saw her point, but trying to reason with Vaughn by being butthurt was like trying to worm your way into a serial killer’s good graces by running naked in an empty field after handing him a machete.”

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98. “Come all over my cock like the good, bad girl that you are.”

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99. “Some people just needed a tight hug. Around the neck. Wait, I was actually thinking about choking him.”

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100. “Another beat of silence on my end. If you wanted to win a negotiation, rule number one was to talk less. Show minimal interest. Let the other person sweat it.”

— L.J. Shen