Damaged Goods Quotes

“Damaged goods are still goods. It’s the dents that make them special. That make them them. Survivors. Molded by their experience. Be proud of your scars, Dove. Because where you see hardship, I see opportunity. Where you see imperfections, I see growth. Where you see failure, I see effort. Where you see despair, I see hope.” He sucks in a breath. “You aren’t just good enough—sometimes you feel too good to be true.”
― L.J. Shen, Damaged Goods

“Life is a journey, and no road worth taking is smooth and bumpless. Life is a borrow, not a gift,”
― L.J. Shen, Damaged Goods

“She’s gravity. She’s oxygen. In this moment in time, she’s everything.”
― L.J. Shen, Damaged Goods

“Not everyone wants to be the flower. Some blossom by being the gardener.”
― L.J. Shen, Damaged Goods

“If I really am your dove, you’d let me fly away. Set me free, Lev. You have a girl who looks like me who adores you, and I can’t afford this drama in my life. You’re my sun. Lovely as you are, I can only admire you from afar.”
― L.J. Shen, Damaged Goods

“Grief is like a monster. That monster is hungry. It eats whatever’s inside you. But one day you wake up…and find out that it’s full. That it is satisfied.”
― L.J. Shen, Damaged Goods

“Lev isn’t some tortured hero. He is explosive, jealous, possessive, and more toxic than a straight shot of laundry detergent.”
― L.J. Shen, Damaged Goods

“She grins with the tip of my cock inside her mouth, and I swear it is the most gorgeous smile I’ve ever seen.

If I could snap a picture of this moment and put it as my screensaver, I would die a happy man.

Unfortunately, I would also die a young one, once Jaime found out.”
― L.J. Shen, Damaged Goods

“Do you know what a foreign accent is? It’s a sign of bravery.”
― L.J. Shen, Damaged Goods

“If I told you I want to run away from here, somewhere really far, like…I dunno, Kansas far, what would you say?” Her big blue eyes hold mine like my eyeballs are about to fall off. “We ride at dawn, bitch.”
― L.J. Shen, Damaged Goods

“I just lost my mom at fourteen. I want the world to stop, but it disrespectfully keeps on spinning and functioning like my life wasn’t just destroyed.”
― L.J. Shen, Damaged Goods

“Almost eight billion people on this planet, Bailey Followhill and you’re hands down my fucking favorite.”
“I may be your favorite. But you’re my only. And that scares me, Levy. A lot.”
― L.J. Shen, Damaged Goods

“You said you didn’t want me, then punish me for being with someone else. You said you’d never forget me, then move away and cut all ties. You called me I the middle of the night, dying, but now won’t take a drug test. And you expect me to believe you’re even related to the “Old Bailey? You don’t hold a candle to her. Not even a fucking match.”
― L.J. Shen, Damaged Goods

“I have a girl I have sex and hang out with. Occasionally. She knows the score. We’re not serious. And really, what were my options here?” he asks calmly. “Sit around and pine for the girl I love who told me not to wait for her because it’s never gonna happen between us? You said you didn’t want me, then punish me for being with someone else. You said you’d never forget me, then move away and cut all ties. You called me in the middle of the night, dying, but now won’t take a drug test. And you expect me to believe you’re even related to the Old Bailey? You don’t hold a candle to her. Not even a fucking damp match.”
― L.J. Shen, Damaged Goods

“You’re just a stranger who, unfortunately, knows all my secrets.”
― L.J. Shen, Damaged Goods

“Sounds like life to me. We’re bound to get hurt. Life is a journey, and no road worth taking is smooth and bumpless. Life is a borrow, not a gift, Levy. Take advantage as long as you have it.”
― L.J. Shen, Damaged Goods

“The lights are turned off. Just like her eyes were today. Still, I push my window up and yell to her, “How’s the sky looking tonight, Dove?” She doesn’t answer. Fuck her.”
― L.J. Shen, Damaged Goods

“Cupid botched the job. He only hit one of us.”
― L.J. Shen, Damaged Goods

“But that arrow? It pierced through my heart and stabbed at my back.”
― L.J. Shen, Damaged Goods

“He breezes past me but not before brushing his sweaty shoulder against mine deliberately. I slam the fridge shut and roar, “Dad! Gross.”

“That’s rich, coming from someone who is literally an evolution of my spunk.” He evil-laughs on his way upstairs.”
― L.J. Shen, Damaged Goods

“I’m too polite to tell him his lovemaking skills match those of a dead hedgehog.”
― L.J. Shen, Damaged Goods