Top 500 L.J. Shen Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “He was, in a lot of ways, like Lot’s wife. A hard statue, made of salt and stone, standing on a cliff, emotionless and proud after watching with glee as Sodom – or Todos Santos – was set aflame by its sinners.”

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152. “I squinted at him. But he didn’t care. He was a kid from the hood. Nothing scared him, let alone my rich milky ass.”

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153. “Falling in love was so tragic. No wonder it made people so sad.”

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154. “The cherry blossom represents the fragility and magnificence of life.”

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155. “That’s the thing about broken princes. Not all of them have to die. If their soul is whole, they sometimes survive. Sometimes, they even grow up to be kings. Mine did.”

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156. “She gives me storm, and I give her peace.”

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157. “You only get one life, Luna. One stab at this thing called happiness. Why deprive yourself of things you want just because they weren’t given to you the way you hoped for them to come? Life is like a book, a long chain of scenes threaded together by circumstances and fate. You never know how thick or thin your book is, so you better make the most out of every scene, enjoy each chapter.”

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158. “Told you my soul was dying. Or maybe it simply belonged to other people. Either way, I needed a new one. Unfortunately, it was one of the rare things my money couldn’t buy.”

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159. “He was navigating the streets like a fire-spitting monster was on our heels, violating every driving law known to man, and inspiring some new laws in the process.”

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160. “You were so clean, and I was filthy. I guess I wanted to dirty you up.”

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161. “She was a blank, clean, white sheet for me to scribble on. And I scribbled. On her lips, on her jaw, her neck and collarbone. I jotted my hunger for her in vivid colors as.”

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162. “When I finally lay my hands on you – and make no mistakes, Stardust, I will – you will be crying, all right. My name. Over. And. Over. Again.”

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163. “Alex Winslow was beautiful in a way storms were – only from afar. Just like them, he had the power to sweep and ruin you, two things I was too busy surviving to entertain.”

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164. “One hundred fifty K might,” he said, unblinking. Does he need a hearing aid? His eyes were so dark blue they sparkled like rare sapphires. He thought it was a negotiation. He was wrong. “It’s not about the money, Vicious.” I felt my teeth grinding together. “Do you want it in another language? I can write it down for you or even communicate it in the form of a dance.”

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165. “I’d finally found him. The one man scarier than my father. Not that I was looking. Because while Vicious made a lot of noise, Trent Rexroth was the silent hunter who would circle you for hours, striking when you least expect it.”

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166. “There was only one problem with the fact that my heart was so dreadfully, unexpectedly normal. Somewhere along the way, it had stopped being mine.”

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167. “Just because your story had a few chapters where I wasn’t the main lead doesn’t make me any less the love of your life. And you’re mine. This is it. This is us.”

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168. “Dreams are just our reality on hold, Moonshine.”

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169. “High school is a great place to murder a soul. The deities don’t care, and the mortals are too busy trying to survive.”

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170. “Wanker had the manners of a used tampon.”

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171. “The dust has settled over the blood we’ve shed.”

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172. “Is it you that I love. It is you whom I want. It is you whom makes living a spectacular thing I want to experience, rather than participate in reluctantly, every day.”

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173. “You’re my someone. Always and forever.”

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174. “We will always be something. You might move on and marry someone else, have his children and get your happily ever after, but you will never be completely done with me.”

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175. “I love you, but I love me, too. And I deserve more than you’ve given me.”

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176. “I wouldn’t want to live forever. What would be the point in that? Aren’t you hungry for something? Don’t you have dreams? What weight and significance do your dreams have if they don’t have a deadline? If you don’t have to chase them today because you can do it tomorrow, in a week, a year, or in a hundred years’ time?”

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177. “Maybe love was about breaking so the person you cared for would feel a little more whole.”

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178. “Point was, she had plenty of girlfriends and a sister who made Lucifer look like a Care Bear.”

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179. “What if tomorrow never comes?” I whispered. “Then, my darling boy, we’ll make the best of today.”

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180. “This wasn’t an argument. This was foreplay. She just didn’t know it yet.”

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181. “High school is an aquarium full of sharks. People are always broiling with the need to burst free. Only the strong survive.”

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182. “He waves me off, laughing now. “That was a minute ago. It’s time to move on. Don’t let the little things in life bother you, yeah?” Crazy as it sounds, I get what he means. Life is too short to get caught up in the small things.”

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183. “I came here with plenty of holes in my shoes and plenty of nothing in my belly. Life felt like I was sipping it through a narrow straw. I always gasped for more.”

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184. “Lust is when you want the person to make you feel good. Love is when you want to make the other person feel good.”

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185. “Why did you want me alone? You say you can’t touch me, but you almost do. All the time. Last night, you lost control. Tomorrow, you will do it again, because we can’t stop this. Whatever it is, it is happening. You tell me I can’t sleep with other people, but you don’t give me what.”

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186. “Organs, Jude, are like people. They need company, a backup to rely on. That’s why we have lungs, tonsils, hands, legs, fingers, toes, eyes, nostrils, teeth, and lips. Only the heart works alone. Like Atlas, it carries the weight of our existence on its shoulders quietly, only rebelling when disturbed by love.”

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187. “Yesterday I lay with you in a bed of glass We broke together trying to survive your past Still, in your pain I found magic The beauty in something so raw and tragic When life feels banal and ordinary and beat Run to me, my blue-eyed girl, to the place where pleasure and pain meet.”

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188. “Even God can be bought for the right price.”

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189. “Sometimes when I get off by myself, I think about Noah from IT.” I had no idea who Noah from IT was; I just knew he was newly unemployed. I slapped her ass again, and this time bit her earlobe – not gently – for good measure. “Give me his full name,” I growled. She laughed, throwing her head back. “There’s no Noah in IT. I mean, maybe there is. But I don’t know him.”

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190. “The push and pull was back. She could push all she wanted, but she was going to be pulled back to where she belonged. My arms. I.”

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191. “She wore the gray Alexander Wang dress I’d bought for her birthday – it took me forever to find a cheap knock-off that’d make her rich friends laugh at her behind her back.”

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192. “You were always mine. -Black.”

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193. “It was a mistake of epic proportions, I knew that. And just like any huge mistake, payback was going to be painful. Sadly, it was a price I was willing to pay.”

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194. “She shrugged. “Lucas gave me his laptop until the end of the tour.” Red cloth. Angry bull. Clenched fists. Don’t kill Lucas. He’s not worth the jail time.”

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195. “Nope, she would not be weeping with joy. But she would be weeping, alright.”

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196. “I put her under my spell, to make sure she was mine. Scribbling onto her the notes only I could play. Now that Tania was gone, Stardust was my main instrument. And it saddened me, because I knew I had to break her, too.”

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197. “Love is so contaminated. It tarnishes all that is beautiful and corrupts the soul. 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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198. “I saved myself for you like a goddamn Jonas brother.”

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199. “I need you to do this for my peace of mind.” Her gaze cut to mine, her blue eyes shining with emotion. “From a selfish point of view, I want you to win Luna back, because knowing you two are together would make me so happy.”

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200. “You can hate me and still love how I make you feel.” His.”

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