Top 500 L.J. Shen Quotes (2025 Update)
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201. “Alex Winslow was both an addict and an addiction. Pure and wild.”

— L.J. Shen

202. “Bluish light enveloped the angles of Vicious’s.”

— L.J. Shen

203. “Because that was the problem with society. It cared too much about who you fell in love with but never about why. The why matters.”

— L.J. Shen

204. “This place is crazy, B. You’ll develop testicles just by breathing the air here.”

— L.J. Shen

205. “Once upon a time, a mere mortal fell in love with a rock god. You probably know this is not a fairy tale by now. Mortals and gods don’t mix.”

— L.J. Shen

206. “Is it possible to feel your heart breaking, even when you’re falling in love?” I.”

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207. “Disloyalty had a taste. It was bitter. It was sour. It was even a little sweet.”

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208. “I love you,” she whispered. “I love you so much that I hated you for a while. And now that I know that you are damaged, I love you even more. Perfect things are not relatable. Unbreakable is fascinating, but not lovable. You’re breakable, Dean Cole. I’m going to do my best to keep you whole.”

— L.J. Shen

209. “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.”

— L.J. Shen

210. “Real love was cancer. All it took was one blink, and it would spread inside you like wildfire and consume you. But that was okay, because I had a feeling that unlike cancer, real love didn’t die. Ever.”

— L.J. Shen

211. “Reality is overrated. Say yes to magic.”

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212. “A Story of a Nemesis and a Villain with no chance at a happy ending. Where the prince doesn’t save the princess. He tortures her. And the beauty doesn’t sleep. She’s stuck. In a nightmare.”

— L.J. Shen

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

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214. “There’s strength in choosing kindness even when you’re being dragged into the well of malice. I’d.”

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215. “I won’t hit you, but I’ll hurt you’.”

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216. “Good night, Em.” Em.”

— L.J. Shen

217. “I found you in the dirt that’s called life, and you stood out. Like an opportunity I cannot miss.”

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218. “Whatever we were, we were toxic. A lullaby on a thoroughly scratched record that keeps hiccuping again and again on the line that you hate. This can’t happen. This can’t happen. This won’t happen.”

— L.J. Shen

219. “Moral of the story: clutching something desperately doesn’t mean you’re going to keep it. You might just kill it.”

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220. “SILENCE. The most loaded sound in human history.”

— L.J. Shen

221. “And you never asked me – I know, I know, not that you care.” I heard the whine of the ancient door opening, and Len took a step out. “ – if I believe in ghosts, too. But here’s your answer: I do, for the exact same reason you do. I don’t believe in literal ghosts, but I believe our past unleashes dog-shaped demons upon us, and they chase us, and that’s what keeps us running. Moving. Living.”

— L.J. Shen

222. “Pretty lies and devastating truths.”

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223. “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?”

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224. “It was an impulsive decision, but then anything worth doing usually was. When you think about it, anything passionate – lust, love, violence, hatred – is spontaneous.”

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225. “When I look at you, I see something broken that isn’t worth fixing. And you look at me like I’m a cheap thing to replace the expensive one that’s been stolen from you. See, we’re all vases. And you’re the one scattered on the floor, shattered beyond repair. So I’ll let someone else pick you up. It’s really that simple. Have fun with your temporary glue.”

— L.J. Shen

226. “Money is also the beginning of the end to art, the kiss of death to creativity, and the cancer to integrity.”

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227. “I love you, Knight Cole. More than anything. Maybe even more than myself. But I don’t trust you with my heart. And when you hurt me like this, I feel little and vindictive. So vindictive, you shouldn’t trust me with yours. Whatever it is, we need to kill it before it kills us, you understand? We can’t be together.”

— L.J. Shen

228. “We sewed our oats, and now it’s time to come back. To us.”

— L.J. Shen

229. “We all get old. We all get wrinkles. Life is short. Eat that pizza. Drink that wine. Shut down that bully eejit who tortures you.”

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230. “If you think you’ve found something good without anything bad in it, it just means you haven’t examined it close enough.”

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231. “I closed my eyes and imagined that his voice was a wave. I rode it all the way to a smile.”

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232. “She wants to go out with you. Alone. On a real date. With flowers and a Kate Hudson film and possibly some heavy petting. Are you in or are you out?”

— L.J. Shen

233. “He was supposed to leave six months ago and canceled for personal reasons. If he cancels again, he’ll have to pay thirty million dollars to the production companies. The insurance will never pay up, considering the cause of termination was him swimming in enough cocaine to bake a five-tier wedding cake.”

— L.J. Shen

234. “While I watched her cook, I suddenly realized it was her art. The pan was her canvas, the ingredients her paint. She cooked with fire in her eyes, with passion in her soul, with love in her heart.”

— L.J. Shen

235. “What the hell is he, anyway? Latino? Asian? Mixed Caucasian? He looks like he’s been photoshopped by a bunch of horny teenagers.”

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236. “It’s like the world is his oyster, but he doesn’t do seafood.”

— L.J. Shen

237. “I don’t want to make you forget. I want to make you remember. And I’m about to, Rosie.”

— L.J. Shen

238. “I wanted this wedding like a bad case of gonorrhea.”

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239. “My daughter was beautiful and the world was ugly and I didn’t know how to help her. And it killed me like cancer. Slowly. Surely. Savagely.”

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240. “You’re a collected debt, a retaliation, and, quite frankly, pretty decent arm candy. Good night, Miss Rossi.”

— L.J. Shen

241. “If disobedience was a competitive sport, my future wife would make it to the Olympics. And medal.”

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242. “The university is located between San Francisco, Oakland and my internal wish to kill myself.”

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243. “They say that all great love stories have a happy ending. I, Francesca Rossi, found myself erasing and rewriting mine until the very last chapter.”

— L.J. Shen

244. “He gave me lies, and for him, I closed my eyes.”

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245. “Los Angeles was like a B-Grade prostitute. She let anyone in, looked less than average, and once inside, you realized there was too much traffic and that whoever’d been there before you had left a mess. Add to this the pollution and white-toothed starlets who wanted to ride your anything – be it your knob, reputation, or black American Express.”

— L.J. Shen

246. “I am hell bound, and you are heaven sent.”

— L.J. Shen

247. “Every book has a soul, the soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and dream about it” – Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Angel’s Game.”

— L.J. Shen

248. “I wanted to dissolve into smoke, to crawl into him and never leave. It was crazy, but that was how much I craved this man.”

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249. “He tries to chuckle, but it splits the cut on his lip again. “There.” I take a step back. “Bet you’re feeling brand new.” “How was New York?” he asks. I can’t even think about that city without wanting to throw up. I wonder if I’ll ever be able to set foot in it again. “Don’t.” “Don’t what?” “Don’t pretend we’re friends.” I close the first-aid kit, push it back into the cabinet, and make my way upstairs to finish my entry. When I get to my bed, the little black book is not there anymore.”

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250. “I should warn you, Edie. I’m not the prince in this fairy tale. I’m the villain. The poisonous apple, the flame-breathing monster.”

— L.J. Shen