Top 500 L.J. Shen Quotes (2024 Update)
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401. “It’s like looking at a scalloped picture, frayed at the edges. Everything blends in the background, and she stands out.”

— L.J. Shen

402. “Turn around and look at me, goddammit. Then you’d see I’d rather see my balls eaten by a tiger than watch you go out with someone who isn’t me.”

— L.J. Shen

403. “Hate is just love with fear and jealousy thrown into the mix.”

— L.J. Shen

404. “It was peculiar. How both bad and good habits were born from boredom. How they turned into an obsession, an addiction, before you knew it. And how taking back control from them became a habit in itself.”

— L.J. Shen

405. “Not needing money makes you rich in another way, Rory. A better way. The less you depend on it, the less it limits you.”

— L.J. Shen

406. “We’re getting married,” I stated, not asked. “Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but we are. And we’re having kids. At least two. Maybe more. I haven’t decided yet.”

— L.J. Shen

407. “She smelled of flowers and coconut and my potential demise.”

— L.J. Shen

408. “When someone hits me with a stick, I run over them with a tank.”

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409. “And remember our flower rule: if it doesn’t make you grow or blossom – let it go.”

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410. “He kissed away a tear that slid down my cheek, and I wish he hadn’t, because my heart broke a little more when he showed me tenderness. I wanted the ruthless version of him, the one that didn’t offer me hope, that didn’t promise a happily-ever-after ending.”

— L.J. Shen

411. “If revenge and punishment were forms of art, my work would be all over the Louvre.”

— L.J. Shen

412. “You cannot let it define you. Or stop you. Not anymore. Anxiety is a hungry beast. Feed it, and it will grow. Starve it, and it will die. This is my final decision. I’m sorry.”

— L.J. Shen

413. “Priceless and worthless are the same sum, presented in different manners. Words make you or break you. By cursing, you reduce yourself to someone who cannot convey their feelings sufficiently.”

— L.J. Shen

414. “I will never love you, Dallas Costa. For that, I am truly sorry. Because you are certainly worthy of love.”

— L.J. Shen

415. “In the words of Joe Exotic, I am never going to recover from this. Cillian holding my hair while he is making me puke.”

— L.J. Shen

416. “Knight is gorgeous, and not only does he know it, but he would also advertise it on a billboard if it were possible.”

— L.J. Shen

417. “Love. Four letters can’t cover what I feel for Daria Followhill. They seem too trivial, too small, too overused.”

— L.J. Shen

418. “Experience had taught me that time was good at two things: healing and killing. I waited for the healing part to come every single day.”

— L.J. Shen

419. “We’d helped each other tear down the walls, and I hoped, with every fiber of my body, that what we’d find underneath them wasn’t rotten.”

— L.J. Shen

420. “You,” he whispered, kissing my cheek, “are so effortlessly yourself.”

— L.J. Shen

421. “The Spencers had the wildest bedroom I’ve ever seen. If Pimp My Ride and Buckingham Palace had a lovechild, it’d be this place.”

— L.J. Shen

422. “I know women are fond of battery-operated devices, but they’re never as good as the real thing.”

— L.J. Shen

423. “You don’t look like a princess at all. You look like the more beautiful stepsister in a Disney movie. The underdog who gets the prince at the end. The one who wasn’t born with the title, but earned it.”

— L.J. Shen

424. “She called me adorable while I was inside her. Was I ever going to recover?”

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425. “I flew directly into my cage, asking him to lock me inside. Because the beautiful lie was far more desirable than the awful truth.”

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426. “How is your soul feeling today?”

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427. “The most important dance you’ll have in your life is one that does not require music. Alex Winslow, Broken Hearts Blvd.”

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428. “I died. The end.”

— L.J. Shen

429. “He fascinated and infuriated me.”

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430. “He did have a bar cabinet, not to my surprise, considering he’d marry booze if it were legal in the state of Illinois.”

— L.J. Shen

431. “Two things people should be grateful for without asking – love and to be saved. You are offered both. Yet, my dear, you seem quite ungracious.”

— L.J. Shen

432. “Love is like death. It’s inevitable.”

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433. “In a way that made me resent him simply because men that handsome aren’t trustworthy.”

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434. “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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435. “Part of me wants to chase her. To watch in slow motion as she collapses underneath me and I rip her to shreds. The other wants her to stand toe to toe with me so we can battle it out until we’re both bloody and exhausted.”

— L.J. Shen

436. “The girl got a kiss on the lips from the boy who no longer howled at the moon and cried on a tree. On the forehead. Like friends do. Then he kissed her on the lips, like lovers do. Then he kissed the inside of her wrists, like soulmates do.”

— L.J. Shen

437. “Vaughn was never uncomfortable. He wore his skin with arrogance, like a crown.”

— L.J. Shen

438. “When the nights get cold, the memory of your ex burns hotter.”

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439. “You can’t be afraid of love, my dear. It’s like being afraid of death. It is inevitable.”

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440. “I couldn’t believe I was talking to my dad about this, of all people. It was like taking dating advice from Dracula.”

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441. “But when you were on your deathbed, there was no time to be mad. Vindictiveness was thrown out the window, along with any other soul-eating, negative trait that was ingrained in us. When you were on your deathbed, time reminded you just how precious it really was. Feelings were bare and open for the world to see, poke, and dig into.”

— L.J. Shen

442. “Next time I catch you stalking me from across the road, you better come say hi. Better yet, you better show me how much you miss me with your lips, instead of stripping me with your eyes.”

— L.J. Shen

443. “It can be a date,” he muttered.”

— L.J. Shen

444. “I flew directly into my cage, asking him to lock me inside. Because the beautiful lie was far more desirable than the awful truth. The cage was warm and safe. No harm could find me. I wrapped my arms around his neck, burying my head in his steel chest and holding my breath to prevent the next sob.”

— L.J. Shen

445. “He looked too good to be so evil.”

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446. “When did you become so” – he searched for the right word – “fierce?” I smiled. “Since I found out being a pushover doesn’t equal being nice. Being strong is not only kind on myself – but on other people too.”

— L.J. Shen

447. “I grabbed the bun on top of my head and cut it, throwing it to the sink and turning on the water with the elastic band still on.”

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448. “I wanted you to look at me the way you look at your fantasy book – with a mixture of awe, anticipation and warmth.”

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449. “He didn’t want to let me in. And I could no longer purge him out.”

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450. “I did as I was told, smoothing my hand across the lush fabric of the Moonflower. I’d named the dress design after the white flower, which looked like a long dress midtwirl when it opened. But there was a catch that made me insist on the name – the moonflower only opened at night. It blossomed in the dark. Sven had said to call it something that reminded me of myself. Nothing reminded me of myself more than blossoming in the arms of darkness.”

— L.J. Shen