Shannon Lynch Quotes

¨I think I need you for keeps.¨ ¨I think I need you for keeps, too.¨

For once in my life, I wanted a safe place to run to instead of from. I felt like I was slowly dying in that house. In my home. Where I was supposed to lay my head. Where I was supposed to feel safe.

Because when it comes to you, Shannon Lynch, I’m all in.” “Me too.” “Where you go, I go.” “Promise?” “I promise.

Shannon Lynch changed me. I knew that sounded like contrite bullshit, but it was the truth.

¨I think I need you for keeps,¨ he slurred. ¨I think I need you for keeps, too,¨ I confessed.

Shannon Lynch changed me. I knew that sounded like contrite bulůshit, but it was the truth.

My brother,” Shannon offered weakly. “Are there any more Lynch children in my house, Jonathan?” “No,” I muttered, not meeting her eye. “I only took two.

I wanted her, I realized, and it was entirely inappropriate and horrendous bad luck on my account, but I did. I wanted Shannon Lynch. And worse than wanting her, I really fucking liked her.

Shannon Lynch had eyes the color of midnight blue that wouldn’t stay the fuck out of my head.

¨I think I need you for keeps,¨ he slurred. ¨I think I need you for keeps, too,¨ I confessed.

If feelings were objects, then I was teetering on the edge of a great precipice, and if girls were weapons, then Shannon Lynch was the greatest weapon of mass destruction my heart had ever been exposed to. Because I was fucked.

Boom, boom, fucking boom.... I'm done for.

I wanted Shannon Lynch. And worse than wanting her, I really fucking liked her.

I will ruin you,” I repeated, voice deathly cold. “Your reputation. Your status. Your friends. Your future relationships. Everything. If you fuck with Shannon Lynch again, I will take everything from you.

I love you, Johnny Kavanagh," I choked out, clenching my eyes shut as I grabbed his arm and held it to my chest. "Most in the world." "I love you back, Shannon Lynch," he said quietly in my ear and I felt the connection I had to him in the deepest part of my soul. "Most in the world.

Then there are the questions with which the rest of the world must wrestle: What if one has the privilege of not directly experiencing or even witnessing firsthand injustice in front of one's eyes? What if one never has to know what it feels like to be lynched, whipped, raped, chained, mutilated, enslaved; or know the pain of witnessing a loved one be killed without being able to do anything about it? What if one doesn't know what it feels like to lose a home because a bomb fell on it, or because it was invaded by soldiers or rebels in the middle of the night while you were sleeping in your own bed; or be forced to walk days and weeks in the middle of the forest without any food just to save your life and that of your loved one? What then? Is that carte blanche to ignore, to pretend, to do nothing?

Either way, the child inside of me clung to the promise for all it was worth. And promises like that to girls like me were worth everything.

If feelings were objects, then I was teetering on the edge of a great precipice, and if girls were weapons, then Shannon Lynch was the greatest weapon of mass destruction my heart had ever been exposed to.

Either way, the child inside of me clung the promise for all it was worth. And promise like that to girls like me were worth everything.

I’m on your team,” he added huskily. “Do you get that? I’m totally with you, Shannon Lynch. One call, that’s all you need to make, and I’ll come. I won’t let you down, and I won’t leave you alone in this. I promise.

I fell in love with a girl who had more layers and complications attached to her life than a Rubik’s Cube. A Rubik’s Cube I could solve. Shannon Lynch’s life, not so much.

Shannon Lynch?” I called out, ignoring the rest of her fucked-up family. “I love you back.” Sniffling, she lifted her chin from Joey’s chest and looked at me all red-eyed and blotchy. “S-still?” “Still.” I nodded in confirmation. “Like, a crazy fucking amount.

You think I'd let anyone hurt you?" Johnny finally asked, his eyes dark and intense and focused solely on my face. "You think I'd let anything bad happen to you,

Something had happened to Shannon Lynch, something bad enough that resulted in her switching schools. It didn’t sit well with me.

Shannon Lynch had eyes the color of midnight blue that wouldn’t stay the fuck out of my head. At least that’s the closest comparison I could find on the countless internet searches I had performed.

My body I could do nothing about, but my head? I needed to get my head in the game. Problem was, I left it with Shannon Lynch.

I didn’t care if it would hurt me. I didn’t care, period. Because I was vulnerable around this girl. Shannon Lynch utterly disarmed me.

You are not your father’s daughter, and there’s no orchard in the world far enough from the tree your apple fell from.” His arms tightened around me, the heat from his body cocooning me. “He won’t break you, because I won’t let that happen. Not ever.” “I love you, Johnny Kavanagh,” I choked out, clenching my eyes shut as I grabbed his arm and held it to my chest. “Most in the world.” “I love you back, Shannon Lynch,” he said quietly in my ear and I felt the connection I had to him in the deepest part of my soul. “Most in the world.” “For keeps?” I breathed. He kissed my shoulder. “For keeps.

I’m on your team,” he added huskily. “Do you get that? I’m totally with you, Shannon Lynch. One call, that’s all you need to make, and I’ll come. I won’t let you down, and I won’t leave you alone in this. I promise.” “It’s just weird for me because I’ve never had someone in my corner before.” Shivering, I added, “Not someone like you.” “I’m not in your corner, Shannon,” Johnny replied in a gruff tone. “I’m standing right beside you.

- Gram w Twojej drużynie – ciągnął z przejęciem. – Rozumiesz? Jestem z Tobą na całego, Shannon Lynch. Jeden telefon, tyle wystarczy, I jestem. Nie zawiodę Cię i nie zostawię z tym samej. Przyrzekam. - To dla mnie po prostu trochę dziwne, bo nigdy nie miałam nikogo w swoim narożniku. – Zadrżałam i dodałam: - Nikogo takiego jak ty. - Shannon, ale ja nie stoję w twoim narożniku – odpowiedział z naciskiem. – Stoję przy Tobie.

I fell in love with a girl who had more layers and complications attached to her life than a Rubik's cube. A Rubik's cube, I could solve. Shannon Lynch's life, not so much.

I fell in love with a girl who had more layers and complications attached to her life than a Rubik's cube. A Rubik's cube, I could solve. Shannon Lynch's life, not so much

I'm a lot of trouble." "I like your trouble,

Shannon Lynch is sweet sixteen and looks like a wet dream.” “I will kill you.” “I’m only saying.” “Well, don’t say it.” I shuddered again. “Don’t even think it. Jesus.” “She has epic blue eyes.” “I have an epic right hook.” “Then save it for the fella actually banging your sister, not the fella admiring her from a distance,” he said, laughing. “He’s not banging her.” “Not yet.” “Stop it.