“Even the biggest wave crashes. You're about to hit the sand. I hope you like the taste of dust.” — L.J. Shen River Copy Share Image
“When reality makes the decision for you, it’s easier to accept your fate.” — L.J. Shen Decision making Copy Share Image
“My daughter was beautiful and the world was ugly and I didn't know how to help her. And it killed me like… — L.J. Shen Children Copy Share Image
“Know what the difference is between you and me, Stardust? You watch me, but I see you. And what I see is… — L.J. Shen Truth Copy Share Image
“Because when you’re a rock star and make a crap ton of money, everyone wants a piece of the pie. A pie… — L.J. Shen Money Copy Share Image
“I don’t want to make you forget. I want to make you remember. And I’m about to, Rosie.” He breathed hard against… — L.J. Shen History Copy Share Image
“Another beat of silence on my end. If you wanted to win a negotiation, rule number one was to talk less. Show… — L.J. Shen Negotiation Copy Share Image
“Life is full of secrets, and narrow-minded people, and sugar-coated, empty conversations that hold no weight. What’s real is what’s inside us.… — L.J. Shen Communication Copy Share Image
“I’d finally found him. The one man scarier than my father. Not that I was looking. Because while Vicious made a lot… — L.J. Shen Parenting Copy Share Image
“I was infected head to toe. Resistant to any medicine, immune to anything he might do. In fact, I knew that even… — L.J. Shen Bullet Copy Share Image
“No matter the pain, I could take it, because it wouldn’t last very long. Not more than an hour, anyway. And Brock… — L.J. Shen Communication Copy Share Image
“I’m so fucking in love with you, Edie Van Der Zee, I don’t know where I end and where you begin anymore.… — L.J. Shen Love Copy Share Image
“All I needed was a bit more time to get my head straight. I experienced a life-or-death situation when I was with… — L.J. Shen Marriage Copy Share Image
“You’re my Delilah, Edie, and I’m your Samson. You want to ruin me, destroy me, strip me of my power, and betray… — L.J. Shen Betray Copy Share Image
“Because I had to sell it and lost a shit-ton of money the moment I realized you were going to be my… — L.J. Shen Life Copy Share Image
“She laughed. She thought it was a joke. It wasn’t. This is what should have happened. We shouldn’t have spent a minute… — L.J. Shen Copy Share Image
“Still, I knew rehab was important. So I listened. I went to every class. I held hands with strangers. With suburban mummies… — L.J. Shen Children Copy Share Image
“Those of you who know me know that I'm a huge fan of my sister. She's my rock, my soul mate, and… — L.J. Shen Favorite people Copy Share Image
“In my mind, we were two asteroids orbiting around each other. I thought I was the sun and you were earth, but… — L.J. Shen Nature Copy Share Image
“was already a goner. By the time you found the rest of me. You sought me out. And left me to deal… — L.J. Shen Time Copy Share Image
“What the hell? Did he not see how much I longed for him? How much I wanted him? How I couldn’t, for… — L.J. Shen Life Copy Share Image
“But imperfection is where we thrive. In the dark alleyways of society where we first met. I take her face in my… — L.J. Shen First met Copy Share Image
“Apologize for not being mine when you should’ve been. Because Emilia, baby...” I tilted my head sideways. “It was always fucking us… — L.J. Shen Copy Share Image
“Why the fuck did I know what any of these terms meant, you might wonder? Because my soulless arse did Armani and… — L.J. Shen Boy scout Copy Share Image
“Sparrow was my lovebird, and I couldn’t clip her wings anymore. I have bent her with the weight of my actions and… — L.J. Shen Sparrow Copy Share Image
“She was warm and silky. Delicious, really. I wanted to take her like a drug. All at once, in one gulp. I… — L.J. Shen Like Drug Copy Share Image
“I put her under my spell, to make sure she was mine. Scribbling onto her the notes only I could play. Now… — L.J. Shen Tania Gone Copy Share Image
“I was going to yell my lungs out when I got to her for pulling this kind of shit. Once I got… — L.J. Shen Break free Copy Share Image
“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… — L.J. Shen Afraid Copy Share Image
“Group hug!” Daisy announced, and before I knew it, I was buried in my friends’ arms. I inhaled their scents, feminine and… — L.J. Shen Closing my eyes Copy Share Image
“All you have to do is not fuck it up. Is it really that hard?” Was he kidding? Of course it was… — L.J. Shen Addicted Copy Share Image
“He deserved more than a girl who couldn’t tell him how she felt. He was perfect, and I was flawed. “Promise me.”… — L.J. Shen Every night Copy Share Image
“You can’t stand here.” I pushed her away with my butt, “Why can’t I…” But there was no need to finish the… — L.J. Shen Completely Broken Copy Share Image
“I was talking out of my arse at this point. My explanation sounded artsy-fartsy at best and delusional mumbo jumbo at worst,… — L.J. Shen Music Copy Share Image
