22 Shameless Quotes That Express Everything You've Been Feeling, But Have Never Said Aloud

“I wanna tell you something, but I don’t really wanna talk about it because I’m not sure how I feel about it, and I don’t wanna be told how to feel.”

— Sheila Callaghan, Debbie Gallagher, Emma Kenney, imdb.com

“Too much! Too much is wrong with me. That’s the problem isn’t it? Too much is wrong with me, and you can’t do anything about that. You can’t change it. You can’t fix me. Because I’m not broken, I don’t need to be fixed, OK? I’m me!”

— Sheila Callaghan, Ian Gallagher, Cameron Monaghan, imdb.com

“I just need someone to say, 'Fuck it. This kid deserves a chance.'”

— Sheila Callaghan, Phillip 'Lip' Gallagher, Jeremy Allen White, imdb.com

“Just because we were born here, doesn’t mean that we end up here.”

— Sheila Callaghan, Amanda Milkovich, Emma Greenwell, imdb.com

“I can’t tell you that this is definitely gonna work out. There’s no guarantees. But if this turns out to be a big mistake, then let’s make it the most fun big fucking mistake we’ve ever made.”

— Sheila Callaghan, Fiona Gallagher, Emmy Rossum, imdb.com

“Love is not supposed to be cute. Love is supposed to be raw and destructive.”

— Sheila Callaghan, Frank Gallagher, William H. Macy, imdb.com

“Yes! It’s about me! Okay, because it’s never about me and I’m finally making it about me.”

— Sheila Callaghan, Fiona Gallagher, Emmy Rossum, imdb.com

“Sometimes we get so wrapped up in getting what we want, that we forget to ask ourselves why we wanted it in the first place.”

— Sheila Callaghan, Ian Gallagher, Cameron Monaghan, imdb.com

“You need to let me go… You need to let me let you go.”

— Sheila Callaghan, Fiona Gallagher, Emmy Rossum, imdb.com

“I am whatever I need to be at the time I need to be it.”

— Sheila Callaghan, Frank Gallagher, William H. Macy, imdb.com

“Great things don’t happen in tiny little increments. You know, they happen when someone thinks completely differently.”

— Sheila Callaghan, Lip Gallagher, Jeremy Allen White, imdb.com

“You can’t drink him away. It won’t work.”

— Sheila Callaghan, Debbie Gallagher, Emma Kenney, imdb.com

“I'm not my dad. You hear me? I'm not my fucking dad!”

— Sheila Callaghan, Phillip 'Lip' Gallagher, Jeremy Allen White, imdb.com

“Sometimes when people love each other very much, they need time apart, so when they come back together, their love is even stronger.”

— Alex Borstein, Sheila Jackson, Joan Cusack, imdb.com

“I don’t wanna be me anymore.”

— Nancy Pimental, Monica Jean Gallagher, Chloe Webb, imdb.com

“You did okay, Mickey. You know, you tried. That’s a lot more than most people would do.”

— Sheila Callaghan, Phillip 'Lip' Gallagher, Jeremy Allen White, imdb.com

“I know who I love and I know what I want, even if you don't.”

— Sheila Callaghan, Debbie Gallagher, Emma Kenney, imdb.com

“I love you… It means we take care of each other… It means thick and thin, good times, bad, sickness, health, all that shit.”

— Sheila Callaghan, Mickey Milkovich, Noel Fisher, imdb.com

“Jenna dances for an audience. You dance like there's no-one else in the room... Your life's not simple, Fiona, and you can't stop it from showing, because you're no fake, you're not lost, you don't need finding. This whole city belongs to the Jennas, but I'm sick of them. I swear, Fiona, you're noth…”

— Sheila Callaghan, Steve Wilton, Justin Chatwin, imdb.com

“I'm 23. It can't be about how much they screwed us up anymore.”

— Sheila Callaghan, Fiona Gallagher, Emmy Rossum, imdb.com

“Nobody's saying our neighborhood is the Garden of Eden. Hell, some people say God avoids this place altogether. But it's been a good home to us, to me and my kids, who I'm proud of, 'cause every single one of them reminds me a little bit of me.”

— Sheila Callaghan, Frank Gallagher, William H. Macy, imdb.com

“I believe the answer to that question, like the answer to most questions, is fuck you!”

— Sheila Callaghan, Phillip 'Lip' Gallagher, Jeremy Allen White, imdb.com