Quotes from Sparrow

“He gave me lies, and for him, I closed my eyes.”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“opinions are like assholes. Everybody’s got one, and they usually stink.”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“He gave me lies, and I ate them from the palm of his hand.
He gave me lies, and for him, I closed my eyes”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“Real love was cancer. All it took was one blink, and it would spread inside you like wildfire and consume you. But that was okay, because I had a feeling that unlike cancer, real love didn’t die. Ever.”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“Dear future wife…” He smirked in a way that made me want to beg for mercy. “If you think you’re going to give me trouble, think again. I invented trouble. I stir it, I mix it, I fucking fix it. Don’t try my patience, because you’ll discover I have absolutely none.”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“destiny will find a way to get you two back together. Real love doesn’t disappear. It can turn into hate, and hate can turn into love, but those feelings won’t ever turn into indifference.”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“Fear is a prison, and in prison you played by different rules to survive.”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“He took a step closer, his breath falling on my face. “You can do whatever the fuck you want. You have a long leash.”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“Buying her shit only pissed her off, and trust me, I’d had my people filling her wardrobe with designer shoes and dresses. She gave them all away to the homeless shelter down the street like they weren’t worth a dime. In fact, there’s a crazy homeless woman in downtown Boston walking around in a Stella McCartney suit and a pair of Jimmy Choo’s, yelling at traffic lights that she was the real Messiah. Yeah.”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“For you, I’ll stop the rain from falling and the thunder from cracking and the wind from fucking blowing. And”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“She was a blank, clean, white sheet for me to scribble on. And I scribbled. On her lips, on her jaw, her neck and collarbone. I jotted my hunger for her in vivid colors as”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“this was life. That sometimes you were Batman…and sometimes, the Joker. Flynn”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“The sparrow is associated with freedom. At one time, sailors got a tattoo of a sparrow for every five thousand nautical miles they traveled. Sparrows were believed to bring good luck. Sometimes the sailor got his sparrow tattoo even before leaving the docks, hoping it would act as a talisman and help bring him safely home again.”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“Is it possible to feel your heart breaking, even when you’re falling in love?” I”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“I wanted this wedding like a bad case of gonorrhea.”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“It’s going to hurt like a motherfucker,” he warned. “Of course it will.” I smiled into our kiss, my lips still glued to his. “Everything with you does.” He”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“Troy Brennan was the devil, but sometimes, even good girls wanted a healthy dose of evil in their lives. He’d”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“I’m saying that if I can’t eat it, fuck it or kill it I have no interest in it,”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“I hated liking her. In a sense, it was like handing her the keys to the pit of my soul while she was tanked as hell and telling her to drive carefully.”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“While I watched her cook, I suddenly realized it was her art. The pan was her canvas, the ingredients her paint. She cooked with fire in her eyes, with passion in her soul, with love in her heart.”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“The harder I fought back every time he messed with me, the more he liked me. I bet if I set his penthouse on fire, he would laugh like it was all a big, fat joke. “Hell,”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“I buried my face in the pillow to muffle my moans. “This is…” I could barely speak. “This is…” “This is your G-spot.” He bit my earlobe from behind. “Nice to meet ya.” I”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“Troy was the guy who not only broke your headboard, but also broke your heart.”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“Guilt was a thief. It would steal your mind, mess with your priorities and would eventually steer you from your original plan. I”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“I was vengeance and hate, fury and wrath.”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“Yes, Troy Brennan was one hell of a sociopath, and he didn’t bother disguising his nature and putting on a mask when he faced the world.”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“I fucking love you, Red.”

“I fucking love you, Brennan.”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“He did atrocious things, but it was him I wanted. Always, only him.

Troy stopped when we were nose to nose. Toe to toe. I loved watching those eyes from up-close. They were so ocean blue, no wonder they made my head swim.

“I love you, Red. I love you determined, tough, innocent, resilient…” His brows furrowed as he drank me in, stroking the curve of my face with his calloused fingertips. “I love you broken, insecure, scared, furious and pissed off…” He let a small smile loose.

I actually felt it, even though it was on his lips.

“I love every part of you, the good and the bad, the hopeless and the assertive. We don’t just love. We heal each other with every touch and complete each other with ever kiss. And fuck, I know it’s corny as hell, but that’s what I need. You’re what I need.”

My eyes fluttered shut, a lone tear hanging from the tip of my eyelash.

“We don’t have ordinary words between us. You always set my fucking brain on fire when you talk to me. We don’t even have ordinary moments of silence. I always feel like I’m playing with you or being played by you when you’re around. And I refuse to let you walk out on this, on us.”

He cupped my cheeks and I locked his palms in place, tightening my grip. I never wanted him to let go. He dipped his head down, tilting his forehead against mine. I knew he was right. Knew that I’d already forgiven him. Probably before I even knew what he did, when we were still living together. Hell, probably on that dance floor, when I was nine.

My capturer.

My monster.

My savior.

“I’m an asshole, was an asshole, and have every intention of staying an asshole. It’s the makeup of my fucking DNA. But I want to be your asshole. To you, I can be good. Maybe even great. For you, I’ll stop the rain from falling and the thunder from cracking and the wind from fucking blowing. And yes, I sure as hell knew you’d come back. You came straight back into my arms, flew back to your nest, lovebird. Now why would you do that if you didn’t love the shit out of me?”

My eyes roamed his face. His hands felt delicious on my skin. It was like he was pumping life into me with his fingertips. Like he made me whole before I even knew parts of me were missing.”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“it was violent and needy. It was a cancer, spreading inside my body, multiplying into hundreds and thousands of new cells with every beat of my heart. No chemotherapy, no miracle cure. Every heartbeat, I slipped a little more. Drowned a little deeper. Fell a little further into the bottomless ocean of feelings for him. I”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

“Even God can be bought for the right price.” I”
― L.J. Shen, quote from Sparrow

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