Pretty Reckless Quotes

“There is nothing more poetically inspiring Than loving the right person At the wrong place At the wrong time”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“Love is so much uglier than hate because when you hate, you’re not confused. When you’re in love, you’re dumb.”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“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

“You were never a drizzle, Penn Scully. When I fell for you, you came beating down, and I felt you everywhere. You were hail.”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“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

“Loving you is like Listening to a song For the first time And somehow knowing all the lyrics”
― 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

“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

“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

“jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius,”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“I’ve loved you in secret, and I’ve loved you openly in front of both our worlds, and if you think I’ll stop loving you if you put an ocean between us, you’re dead wrong.”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“She’s a work of art
And as such
There’s nothing more devastating
Than watching her break”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“Some fairy tales are screwed up,” she adds. She can’t shut up. She’s nervous. Her eyes are still closed.
“All the good ones are, Skull Eyes,” I say softly.”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“I want to be your everything

Other than one thing

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

“if there’s one thing I learned this year, it’s that you rise up to the circumstances when they are presented to you. We are so much stronger than we think we are. But sometimes, we go through decades without having a reason to be tested. The thing about life is, it always hits us. No one leads a charmed life. Even the blond, gorgeous, picture-perfect, popular rich girl harbors secrets. Even the football captain. Even the rich mother of two who married her hot millionaire ex-student. The ballet prodigy. Everyone’s got a story, and we all have chapters we’d rather not read aloud.”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“It started with a lemonade
And ended with my heart
This, my pretty reckless rival, is how our
screwed-up story starts”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“Where are we going?” “I don’t know.” “My favorite destination.”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“They pick you up and pull you out of the mud of your own mistakes. And when you’re not the best version of yourself? Well, they’re still there, waiting, because we’re all fucking human.”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“Confide in me, my hideous little monster.”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“Sucks to be you.” There’s no menace in my voice.
She shrugs.
“So why are you here?”
“Because it sucks to be me, too.”
Because it sucks less when we’re together even though I should hate you.”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“I can look at her face all fucking day. I wish it were a legit job so I could make money doing it. I would put in all the extra hours and become a billionaire within a year.”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“Falling in love is similar to déjà vu It’s finding a home in a stranger When I met you four and a half years ago, I saw who you were I just had to figure out who I was So I gave you something to make sure I could seek you out again And that maybe, you’ll fall in love with whoever I was, too”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“Hateful people make the best lovers.”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“The sun is a lot like hate—beautiful and lethal and essential for our survival. It can blind you, but it also keeps you going. Hate motivates much more than love. Love is content and peaceful. Happy people aren’t driven. They simply…exist. Now, us, hateful people, we’re something else. Hungry and desperate. Hateful people make the best lovers.”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“Vicious is Vaughn’s dad and the deadliest mofo in the neighborhood. I crushed on him when I was five. Baron “Vicious” Spencer is still a hottie, so #SorryNotSorry”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“Not to be impolite, but you guys bore me to death. Cole, go tell Vaughn to come here.”
Busy scanning the room for Luna, Knight’s neck is still cranned as he answers her.
“Damn.” He pats the pockets of his jeans, then checks the pockets of his golden Gucci jacket. “I can’t find it.”
“Can’t find what?” Esme blinks.
“The memo where I started taking orders from your sorry ass.”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“I feel a brush over my arm where Penn stood just a second ago. It's Knight. And next to Knight stands Vaughn.
'Cole?' Gus twists his lips, glowering. 'What the fuck?'
Knight clasps a hand on my shoulder, hitching a shoulder up while lighting a joint.
'The fuck is, you don't fuck with my family and integrity and assume you get out of it in one piece. Or, you know, at all.”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“Choose your sister.'
'Sir?'
'Choose her. Don't choose Daria. You'll end up giving her less than she deserves. And my daughter deserves everything. Not half of it. Not a quarter. And definitely not messy. Let her go. Unless, of course...' He pauses, cocking his head to examine my expression. I don't breathe.
'Unless?'
'You love Daria. Then I do not allow you, under any fucking circumstances, to break both your hearts because Sylvia still holds a grudge.”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“Knight steps forward, rubbing the back of his neck. “My dick is not six inches long. It is actually a full seven and a half inches. When flaccid. It’s really uncomfortable, and my junk gets hit practically anytime anyone goes for my legs on the field. It’s been really hard for me. All puns intended.”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless

“If there were an Olympic medal event for being the biggest cunts, Via and I would have been the pride of this nation.”
― L.J. Shen, Pretty Reckless