Sparrow Quotes

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

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

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

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

“SILENCE. The most loaded sound in human history.”
― L.J. Shen, 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, Sparrow

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

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

“Guilt was a thief. It would steal your mind, mess with your priorities and would eventually steer you from your original plan. I”
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“this was life. That sometimes you were Batman…and sometimes, the Joker. Flynn”
― L.J. Shen, 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, 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, Sparrow

“You can hate me and still love how I make you feel.” His”
― L.J. Shen, Sparrow

“And it was also the moment I knew that I would burn down the city and stop at nothing to find my wife. Not because she was mine, I never believed that for a second, anyway.

Because I was so busy telling Sparrow how much she wanted me, I forgot a small little detail—I wanted her back. More.”
― L.J. Shen, Sparrow

“I fucking love you, Red.”

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

“He kissed away a tear that slid down my cheek, and I wish he hadn’t, because my heart broke a little more when he showed me tenderness. I wanted the ruthless version of him, the one that didn’t offer me hope, that didn’t promise a happily-ever-after ending.”
― L.J. Shen, Sparrow

“When I was a kid,” he said, “my mother had lovebirds. She used to clip their wings so when she let them out of their cage, they wouldn’t fly away. The lovebirds always tried, but they never got far with their short, fucked-up wings.”

I inched the bedroom door open and stepped into the pool of warm light spilling from the street outside.

He moved behind me, tucking my hair behind my right ear aside, pressing his face to it. “Until one day, one managed to escape. My mother forgot to clip her wings. A moment of distraction cost her her favorite lovebird.”

I knew why he was telling me this, and the happiness in my gut swirled with a shot of sudden pain.

“Failure is inevitable,” he continued in a flat tone that didn’t hold much emotion or hope, “and heartache is unstoppable. One day, I’ll forget to clip your wings. When that day arrives, when you run away, I guess I’d be happy to know you’ll still have some money and the means to make it in this wild, tough world.”
― L.J. Shen, Sparrow

“God, I missed eating pussy,” he sighed into me. “And you’re so delicious and tight.” I”
― L.J. Shen, Sparrow