Top 500 Penny Reid Quotes (2026 Update)
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451. “My mother was awesome. I loved her dearly and respected her even more. She and my dad had been tough on us as kids, the good kind of tough, the kind of tough that came with high expectations. Her favorite thing to say to us had always been, “Why are you so anxious to build yourself a ceiling? Why don’t you build a rocket instead?”

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452. “That’s right. A chauffeured car, for a twenty-year-old college student. If I hadn’t felt so pensive I might’ve looked for the Grey Poupon Dijon mustard.”

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453. “The driver asked me where I wanted to go; I wanted to say Las Vegas but I didn’t think that would go over very well.”

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454. “No. That’s not what I want. You would have to go all in. We would go out to dinner, see movies, call each other, text. I’d work on your car – you know, the Mustang you left at my house earlier this week – install gadgets you don’t need ’cause you’re my girl. You might come to the Winston place and hang out with us boys. This would be both of us, all in for all twelve months – or less if we find we don’t suit.”

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455. “They’re stackable, like Tetris. All beverages should be stackable.”

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456. “Duane’s mouth parted slightly and his eyebrows lifted high on his forehead. All hints of his earlier frown had vanished. Unless I was misreading his expression, he appeared to be a little lost, like maybe I’d stolen his breath and his wallet and his passport and his memories. Really, he looked stunned.”

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457. “You infect me, body and soul, with primitive thoughts of claiming and conquering. I do not know who I am when I touch you. I am no longer civilized, I am blood and heat and lust. I barely recognize myself.”

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458. “In all honesty, I’d enjoyed the horse ride more than the man ride. At least the horse had been a stallion.”

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459. “Musicians are like lightbulbs, they burn hot and bright, but can’t be screwed more than once.”

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460. “If you can’t hold your temper in society, then you don’t get to be part of society. Those are the rules.”

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461. “I guess, what’s wrong with the world never changes. Selfishness, greed, brutality. There will always be stupid, brutal people. There will always be intelligent, brutal people too. And that’s depressing.”

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462. “Sometimes, when I look at you, all my thoughts, all the plates I’m spinning in my head, they stop. And for a few seconds, it’s peaceful. You make me witless.”

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463. “You have a big heart. I would never trade your mammoth, irrationally generous heart for a smaller, more frugal one. I love every square kilometer of it.” A laugh tumbled from my lips and I lowered to the couch. “Really? It’s that big?” “It should have its own zip code. And it’s my third favorite thing about you.”

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464. “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates.”

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465. “Nothing was worse than a handsome guy who became an ignorant toad when he spoke.”

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466. “Past, present, future. I’ll never regret any Moment loving you.”

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467. “You’re appalling.” His eyes twinkled with mischief, but his face and tone remained serious. “It’s pronounced appealing, Darling.”

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468. “I’ll tell you what I told Shelly when she was going through a hard time in middle school.” He returned my smile with a small one of his own. “Be beautiful for yourself, Janie. And only if you want to. If a man is worthy of you, he’ll see more beauty in who you are than in what you look like.”

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469. “I had to accept that there was something wrong with me and stop making excuses for my behavior. A mental disorder is not like a physical one. My mind and I are not one and the same. I don’t trust myself all the time, but I am working on that. I’m working to rewire my brain.”

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470. “There is boring. There is sensational. There is mediocre. There is lazy. There is good. There is evil. People do implausible things all the time, and they run the gamut of moderately weird to truly extraordinary. But there is no normal. The world is an unbelievable place full of unbelievable people doing unbelievable things.”

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471. “Humans are at their worst when they’re in the role of spectator. We eagerly watch as others receive comeuppance, yet we reject simple truths about ourselves even when the truths are gently administered.”

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472. “Do you really have no idea how I feel about you? Do you not understand that, even as I sit here, worried about you, livid and plotting revenge on your behalf, I’m trying to figure out how to prove you can trust me? Always. I love you with every part of myself, you’ve invaded every corner, every secret place, and I only want – I’ve only ever wanted – your happiness. If you want me to stay, then with you is always where I want to be.”

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473. “History – the good kind of history – is seldom made by those who keep their head down.”

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474. “A thing has no value except through use and the accumulation of memories from its use,” she’d said. “What good would it do to leave such a thing in the china cabinet collecting dust? What value would it have? I remember my grandmother and my mother every time I use this teapot, and I use it with my children, so they’ll remember me.”

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475. “Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.” – Albert Einstein.”

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476. “As time together grows scarce, it also becomes more precious.”

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477. “Which, if you ask me, just means it’s not where you belong. If you can be replaced so easily in a person’s life, then you probably don’t need to be a part of that person’s life.”

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478. “And you are more than the mistakes of your youth. You are more than the label you’ve been assigned by people who might love you, but don’t really know who you are anymore.”

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479. “Some people reject their God given gifts because society makes them feel ashamed when they shine.”

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480. “One thing I don’t know is why you’re drinking coffee from a Hello Kitty thermos.” Cletus sounded both interested and irked. “And why haven’t you bought one for me? You know I like that Hello Kitty.”

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481. “I’d tried dating. In fact, I’d even tried marriage. Everything about it was a horrific disaster, on so many levels.”

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482. “Yes. I’ll accept responsibility, apologize, be sensitive to your concerns, work to modify my behavior in the future, and suggest we try to find a way forward with minimal awkwardness. You know, take it like a woman.”

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483. “How you treat others defines you more than how others treat you.”

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484. “If he soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts, then my soul was Scarlet.”

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485. “Okay, that makes sense. But just so you know, I have no warts. I am an ethereal goddess of perfection.”

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486. “Seeds sown in dread never bloom because fear makes for shallow soil.”

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487. “Let her always need my love, as she does now, and let me always be capable of offering it this freely, unreservedly, and unconditionally.”

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488. “When you’re certain, when it’s the heart and mind you’re after, then you lay it all out. But if it’s empty, just physical, then there’s nothing to say.”

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489. “I would want forever with you.”

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490. “Well, don’t un-weird yourself on my account. I like you weird.”

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491. “After all, the brightest object in earth’s night sky was usually our little moon. Whereas the majority of the dim, twinkling lights in the distance, the ones we barely noticed, were not only stars but something altogether more awe-inspiring once you took the time to investigate. To know.”

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492. “You measure success of a life in the difference made, not in the amount of money or fame earned, and not in terms of the freedom you’re afforded.”

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493. “I decided on a white sweater dress with a built-in slip, long sleeves, and a short, flared skirt.”

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494. “I’d never felt brave enough to have a one-night stand, figuring – with my luck – I’d end up with a missing kidney at the end of the night, or in prison again, or shipped off to some ice planet as the new bride for a blue alien.”

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495. “There is just something about women who spend hours and hours knitting a sweater with mind-blowingly expensive yarn, when they could just buy a sweater for a fraction of the price – not to mention the time saved doing so – that lends itself to acceptance and patience for the human condition.”

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496. “Talking to her was like arguing with a flat-earther. Ignorance plus arrogance is why we can’t have nice things!”

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497. “Billy, of course, didn’t need a new suit. He already owned eleventy thousand. The dandy coxcomb.”

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498. “So, this is what it feels like to be wrecked.”

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499. “Why can’t a woman’s words count for more than a man’s violence?”

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500. “At a certain point, it’s better to go as you are than to wait until you’re who you want to be.”

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