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“It was love at first sight
Hate at second
Lust at third
But four is my lucky number
So mine your ass shall be”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“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, Broken Knight

“The heart doesn’t ask for permission to feel things. It simply feels.”
― L.J. Shen, Broken Knight

“Always. Whenever. Forever.”
― L.J. Shen, Broken Knight

“Ever notice how the heart is literally caged by the ribs? That’s insane. As if our body knows it can break so easily, it needs to be protected.”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“Contrary to general belief, stars don’t twinkle. There is only one star that sparkles that scientists can agree on. It twinkles so bright, sometimes people mistake it for a UFO. It’s not big, but it stands out. That’s Sirius, and it’s also you. You shine, Baby LeBlanc. So fucking bright sometimes you’re the only thing I see.” - Dean "Ruckus" Cole”
― L.J. Shen, Ruckus

“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, Pretty Reckless

“I love you, Daria Followhill, and I think you love me, too. In fact, I think we fell at the same time. You, like rain, in drizzles, over the weeks. Me, like the fucking sky above my head, all at once, crashing without the faintest chance of stopping.”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“Why didn't you tell me we were in love?
Why did you wait for me to find out
When you broke my heart?”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“I’m just not sure how you can be both nice and compassionate and a terrible asshole all at the same time,” I muttered. He smiled. “It’s a hard job, but someone’s gotta do it.”
― L.J. Shen, Vicious

“Why do you shine so fucking bright? You make it hard for me to sleep next to you.”
― L.J. Shen, Ruckus

“If you love someone, don’t set them free. Smother the fuck out of them until they realize they have no chance of escaping. Yup. That was the sentiment I was down with, a method I was willing to try.”
― L.J. Shen, Broken Knight

“There will be no one else, Moonshine.I will never let you get over me.”
― L.J. Shen, Broken Knight

“Don’t baby me. I’m not your home. People don’t ruin their homes; they build them. They cherish them.”
― L.J. Shen, Broken Knight

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.”
― L.J. Shen, Broken Knight

“Hit-and-run or struck by lightning—a death was a death.

A heartbreak was a heartbreak.

Pain was pain.”
― L.J. Shen, Broken Knight

“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, Broken Knight

“MAN, WHAT THE HELL IS your son doing?”

“It’s not my son.”

“Oh, like hell it’s not.” Trent brings the bottle of beer to his lips, taking a slow sip. “He’s wearing a goddamn multi-colored blazer. It’s Knight, all right.”
― L.J. Shen, Ruckus

“I am hell bound, and you are heaven sent”
― L.J. Shen

“I want to be your everything

Other than one thing

Your past”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“I was team beer until the bitter end. Beer had more balls than I did.”
― L.J. Shen, Broken Knight

“I recognized the sound of her running away from me like it was my first language.
And I vowed that night to stop doing the chasing.”
― L.J. Shen, Broken Knight

“Crying wasn't enough. My insides were being ripped out. One organ at a time. One tendon being slowly pulled from inside, shredding and being dropped on the floor.

I couldn't handle it.”
― Tijan, Enemies

“Moral of the story: clutching something desperately doesn’t mean you’re going to keep it. You might just kill it.”
― L.J. Shen, In the Unlikely Event

“clutching something desperately doesn’t mean you’re going to keep it. You might just kill it.”
― L.J. Shen, In the Unlikely Event

“It’s not the right time to be together, I agree. But if we meet again, under any circumstances, any time in the future, we’re making this work, Rory. Feck spouses. Feck boyfriends and girlfriends. Feck the world. If kismet happens, we are letting it happen, no matter what.”
― L.J. Shen, In the Unlikely Event

“There wasn’t one moment in time, from the second we met, that you weren’t mine. Just like I’ve always been yours.”
― L.J. Shen, In the Unlikely Event

“All is fair in love and war, and I’m certainly prepared for battle.”
― L.J. Shen, In the Unlikely Event

“Falling in love with you is like diving blindly into a book, not knowing it’s destined to be my favorite. Whatever’s more than love, I feel it for you. I am only ever going to be in love with you.”
― Parker S. Huntington, Devious Lies

“Broken people do things better; we learned how to make it in life without the missing parts other people have. Because when you’re in the dark, you appreciate everything that shines.”
― L.J. Shen, Blood to Dust