Bad Bishop Quotes

“May the flowers remind us why the rain was so necessary.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“Don’t feel so sorry for yourself. Tragedies are excellent teachers, Lila. Learn, absorb, and conquer.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“Protecting you is a compulsion at this point. I’d stop the night from falling if darkness scares you, Lila.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“You have a last name and are above killing women.” “Glowing endorsement, but I killed three.” Chiara gasped. I never said they didn’t deserve it. Sue me for being an equal opportunity feminist.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“He was playing with a lock of his wife’s brunette hair, and it sickened me, how other men pretended other women were attractive when my wife was in the room.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“I’d tear the world to shreds for her”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“I love you with a force that could destroy planets and universes”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“My exception?” He nodded. “Your Achilles’ heel. Everyone has one.” I’d ask him what his was”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“Don’t feel so sorry for yourself. Tragedies are excellent teachers”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“❝I am an atheist❞
❝I'm not.❞ Her brows creased. ❝And I want you to wear it & remember there is someone in this world who prays for you.❞”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“130 days to self-destruction. I wanted to live. I found my purpose. The spectacular thing worth living with my past and nightmares. Her.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“I love you, sweetheart. You fractured my soul and dug so deep into it, you are now ingrained in all that I am, and all that I ever will be. As for our son.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“But make no mistake,” Tiernan continued. “I will always love you more. Than him. Than me. Than this world. My love for you is not pretty, or flowery, or romantic. But it’s real, and it’s everlasting.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“You shouldn’t bask in it, Gealach. You should be very, very afraid. I have no red lines when it comes to you. No logic. I will love this baby as my own, because anything born of you is bound to be perfection. He will be mine. And I would kill for him. Die for him.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“I love you with a force that could destroy planets and universes, Lila.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“I would never hurt you like that.” I found my voice, opening my eye. “Even if I wanted to. Even if you begged me to. Even if you cheated on me. Even if you killed me.” And then, because it felt too raw, too real, I added, “Protecting you is a compulsion at this point. I’d stop the night from falling if darkness scares you, Lila.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“You have to stop trying to kill me, Lila. It’s giving me a massive hard-on, and I’ve never been good with delayed gratification.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“To all the readers who complain that my heroes are always irredeemable jerks… I’m afraid I have terrible news.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“And if I had to choose a husband all over again, I’d still choose you.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“And I knew, with amusing, dark finality, that I was completely, tragically, wretchedly hers.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“To keep my wife, Chiara, I wouldn’t only hit a woman, I’d chase God himself with a fucking baseball bat.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“The first time I saw you, you were drowning in the night. I was in pain and in a terrible fucking mood. And you glowed. You shone so bright, I couldn’t look away.” His chest expanded with an inhale, and he frowned to himself. “You were my first dream, I think.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“Some people collected stamps. Others coins. I collected my enemies’ craniums. It was an economical hobby, if not a little messy.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“Pain. It was one of my favorite delicacies.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“She’s…” Brave. Smart. Resourceful. Talented. Witty. So nauseatingly beautiful I cannot wrench my goddamn eye from her face whenever we’re together. “None of your fucking concern,” I finished dryly.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“And the one thing I saved just might end up killing me.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“I’d stop the night from falling if darkness scares you, Lila.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“I wondered what it felt like to be loved like her. To have someone accept and adore your every flaw, your every win, your every breath.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“I’m relieved Raffaella won’t be subjected to a marriage with a cruel man who would cheat and disappear on her for days on end. I gave Vello three boys, and he shaped them into merciless killing machines. Lila is my reward for fulfilling my end of the bargain. Mine to keep and protect.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop