Scandalous Quotes

“You’re mine, and you hate it. You’re mine, and I’m not a wave you can ride. I’m the fucking ocean. ~ Trent”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“If you want to be strong, be.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“You’re my Delilah, Edie, and I’m your Samson. You want to ruin me, destroy me, strip me of my power, and betray me. I should stay away from you, but I want you too fucking much. And when it’s all over, when all that’s left of us is sweaty flesh and shattered minds and torn hearts, you will remember me as the man who made you cry, and I’ll remember you as the girl I had to break to stay afloat.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“I’m so fucking in love with you, Edie Van Der Zee, I don’t know where I end and where you begin anymore. I love you despite knowing that it is crazy. That our situations are disastrous. I love you knowing that you should have at least a few more experiences before you find the love.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“She’s a maze with no escape. An ethereal, steady pulse. She’s there, but just barely. I love her so much I sometimes hate her. And it terrifies me, because deep down, I know what she is. An unsolvable puzzle. And I know who I am. The idiot who would try to fix her. At any cost.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“Because sometimes, our favorite things are the ones that make us cry.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“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, Scandalous

“He looked at me like I was the moon. Pale and lonely and so far away.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“Even the biggest wave crashes. You're about to hit the sand. I hope you like the taste of dust.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“Are you calm now?” Trent’s voice caressed the crown of my head.
“Physically, yes. But we’re entering danger territory. I’ve never been in waters so deep.” I squeezed my eyes shut, suddenly afraid of being so frank.
“Neither have I, but I’m a good swimmer. And, Edie? You’re an excellent surfer.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“At the end of the day, life was not a game of chess. Life was fucking Jenga.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“He came to me in pieces, like a painting in the works. His gray-blue eyes were the first to pop out from behind the fog of fear. They were sapphire and silver swirled together, the color of a moonstone. Next was his straight nose and symmetrical lips, his cheekbones sharp enough to cut diamonds. He was pungently masculine and intimidating in his looks, but that was not what made me recognize him immediately. It was what rolled off of him in dangerous quantities, the menace and the ruggedness. He was a dark knight made of coarse material. Cruel in his silence and punishing in his confidence.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“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, Scandalous

“Trent Rexroth wasn't a crush. He was the very thing that'd end up crushing me if I wasn't careful.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“breaking was necessary in order to rebuild yourself.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“She’s in my fucking blood,”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“And please, before you say anything, never underestimate a broken person. We’re unpredictable, because once you’re broken—what’s one more crack?”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“How can it feel this good?” she nearly protested, reaching with her hand to touch me again. I moved away quickly, still playing with her tit.
“Because it's different when you're in the hands of a man.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“He never fucked you like I do, and we both know that.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“Why did you want me alone? You say you can’t touch me, but you almost do. All the time. Last night, you lost control. Tomorrow, you will do it again, because we can’t stop this. Whatever it is, it is happening. You tell me I can’t sleep with other people, but you don’t give me what”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“We’re all responsible for our own lives. Dumping the blame on someone else is for the weak.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“Next time you make a joke about someone else fucking you, just remember I own every single hole in your body, including the one I’ll leave in your heart when I’m done.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“Trent was tall, built, and tan. His black hair was buzzed close to the scalp, marines-style, and he wore charcoal slacks, a collared white shirt, and a vintage Rolex. Gorgeous prick. Stunning, arrogant bastard.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“Sonder is the realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“You fight the tide. You fling your arms, kicking your legs, trying to escape it, overpower it. The secret is to go with the flow. The secret is to ride the wave. Don’t be afraid to get wet.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“I can't breathe when I think about the things I want to do to you, and I breathe too fast when I think about the things I want you to do to me,”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“My father asked me about Rexroth, my mom asked me about my father, and no one asked me about me. Or Theo. Or surfing.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“He was pungently masculine and intimidating in his looks, but that was not what made me recognize him immediately. It was what rolled off of him in dangerous quantities, the menace and ruggedness. He was a dark knight made of coarse material. Cruel in his silence and punishing in his confidence. I'd only met him once, at a barbecue at Dean Cole's house a few weeks ago, and we hadn't spoken a word to each other.
He hadn't spoken a word to anyone.
Trent Rexroth.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“The only time I’d seen him looking at someone—really looking at as opposed to past—was when his lavender-haired, boho-looking wife and cute son had visited the office last week.

He’d looked at them with ferocious protectiveness. Like they made his soul both
hungry and satisfied at the very same time.

Everyone deserves to be looked at that way.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous

“Seahorses prefer to swim in pairs with their tails linked together. They’re one of the rare monogamous animals, and engage in an eight-hour courtship dance which, among other things, includes swimming side by side and changing colors. They’re romantic, elegant, and fragile. Just like love. They remind us that love is meant to be wild, just like the ocean.”
― L.J. Shen, Scandalous