Top 500 Penny Reid Quotes (2025 Update)
Page 10 of 10

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

— Penny Reid

452. “You don’t think all this weeping makes me weak?” “No. I think it makes you brave, because it also makes you soft, and sweet, and honest. And those might not be parts of yourself that you value – or other people see as valuable – but those are the real, raw, essential pieces of you. You deserve to share them with someone, and if that’s me, I’m honored to be that person. I will always, always treasure this side of you.”

— Penny Reid

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.”

— Penny Reid

454. “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.”

— Penny Reid

455. “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?”

— Penny Reid

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.”

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

459. “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.”

— Penny Reid

460. “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.”

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

465. “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.”

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

467. “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.”

— Penny Reid

468. “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.”

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

470. “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.”

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

472. “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.”

— Penny Reid

473. “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.”

— Penny Reid

474. “Of the emotions, mourning in particular feels like something that should be sacred and intensely private. The.”

— Penny Reid

475. “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.”

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

477. “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.”

— Penny Reid

478. “I would want forever with you.”

— Penny Reid

479. “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.”

— Penny Reid

480. “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.”

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

484. “My momma once told me no one turns away a lady bearing pie. If you want to get your foot in the door, bring pie and hold it in front of you. She called this the pie effect.”

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

486. “Nightmares don’t care about reason.”

— Penny Reid

487. “I shivered, also moving closer, irritated by the layers of clothes between us. “You’re such a good teacher, you fell for your student.” “Yes, I did.” His beard tickled my neck as he sucked my earlobe into his mouth. “And I continue to fall, daily.”

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

489. “He paused, opening the velvet box and revealing a white gold or platinum necklace, the chain comprised of delicate but wide filigree sections with diamonds set in star shapes at each of the links.”

— Penny Reid

490. “Be suspicious of folks who tell you what you want to hear.”

— Penny Reid

491. “He’d chosen his muffin, now he had to live with that choice. And whether or not she ultimately wanted his sausage was his problem.”

— Penny Reid

492. “I honestly didn’t know how I’d arrived at this place, this time, this moment. I was a person I didn’t recognize, but I had a faint sense of knowing from a long time ago. I was someone from my past when trust was freely given, and my overly idealistic mind jumped to romanticized conclusions even when faced with realistic expectations, good judgement, and logic.”

— Penny Reid

493. “If we allowed folks to pick fights whenever they experienced unruly emotions, then everyone in town would walk around with a black eye.”

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

495. “Women are not seen as equals, young women in particular. And if you’re at all attractive, it’s an impediment. I’ve been called a distraction. Do you know what that’s like? I’ve been called emotional when I raised my voice to match that of my male colleagues, I’ve been called bitchy and conceited and judgmental for recognizing my own intelligence, and not just by men.”

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

497. “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.”

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

499. “I didn’t want one of her moments, I wanted all of them. I wanted an invasion, not a visit.”

— Penny Reid

500. “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.”

— Penny Reid