Romancing the Reader

“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

“What if you don't like my music?" I ask. "Will you still let me kiss you?"

She smiles gently.

"Does the song mean something to you?"

"I wrote it using pieces of my soul."

"Then you have nothing to worry about," she says quietly.”
― Colleen Hoover, Layla

“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

“It means people who make mistakes usually learn from them. That doesn't make them hypocrites. It makes them experienced.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You