Ruthless Rival Quotes

“I hoped wherever Arya Roth was these days, karma fucked her long and hard, without a condom.”
― L.J. Shen, Ruthless Rival

“It always felt like we were gasping for something—air, food, electricity, or the right to exist.”
― L.J. Shen, Ruthless Rival

“I’d been told you stopped giving a crap about what others thought about you when you turned forty.”
― L.J. Shen, Ruthless Rival

“There is no such thing as coincidence. Only divine intervention.”
― L.J. Shen, Ruthless Rival

“A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended. —Ian McEwan, Atonement”
― L.J. Shen, Ruthless Rival

“It wasn’t the sensation that I liked but the fact I was experiencing it with him. The knowledge of how much he was risking for me set my soul aflame. There was an ache in my chest that unfurled like a small piece of paper. Expanding and expanding with each second that passed.”
― L.J. Shen, Ruthless Rival

“I wanted to devour this moment like it was a juicy peach. To feel the sweet, sticky juices of it on my chin.”
― L.J. Shen, Ruthless Rival

“But this guy? He looked like a piñata full of crazy ex-girlfriends, rich-boy fetishes, and mommy issues.”
― L.J. Shen, Ruthless Rival

“A reminder that a few blocks away, there was another world, full of kids who didn’t know what speech therapy, time-shared vacation houses, or gluten-free brunches were. A world where the fridge was mostly empty and getting spanked every now and again filled you with a sense of pride, because it meant your parents gave half a shit.”
― L.J. Shen, Ruthless Rival

“Just remember, to become king, you must dethrone someone first.”
― L.J. Shen, Ruthless Rival