Top 500 Penny Reid Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “We are most awake to the world and to our own longings and desires when we suffer.”

— Penny Reid

102. “Like it or not, sometimes the only way to win is to surrender.”

— Penny Reid

103. “Pride is just another word for insecurity and fear – again, having no strong sense of self or worth. If pride is the driving force behind your decisions, then your life is going to suck.”

— Penny Reid

104. “Bethany Winston once told me that time was like a closet. No matter what you do or how good your intentions are, you will always fill your time and closets with things that don’t matter. “That’s why funerals are so important,” she’d said. “They force you to clean out closets and reevaluate how you spend your time. Without death, we’d never have empty closets.”

— Penny Reid

105. “I want enduring love. And, if people are honest with themselves, I think that’s what everyone wants.”

— Penny Reid

106. “I promise, if you’ll have me, I’ll sing with you whenever or wherever you want. But only with you, Scarlet. I only want to sing with you.”

— Penny Reid

107. “I’m a firm believer that if a person needs a hug, you give that person a hug. So many times I’ve been in a situation where I needed a hug, and instead had to settle for a good cry on a pillow at the end of the day.”

— Penny Reid

108. “Only you get to decide how you stand, what you stand for, and when you do it.”

— Penny Reid

109. “I’d always been a big fan of kissing when done right.”

— Penny Reid

110. “All my broken pieces are going to love you, just as I am now, without ever being fixed.”

— Penny Reid

111. “I sputtered for a minute. Then I consulted the ceiling. It was silent on the matter and, strangely, didn’t seem to share my outrage.”

— Penny Reid

112. “You are loveliness personified; you are grace and fascination. I think of you and I stop breathing. I worry that any movement will steal the image of you from my mind’s eye. But the memory is a pale, hollow specter to luminous reality.”

— Penny Reid

113. “Forget men and romance. The answer to my aching loneliness would be all the cats.”

— Penny Reid

114. “If she doesn’t learn to weld here, she’ll just learn it on the streets.”

— Penny Reid

115. “Because the world could be unpleasant and overwhelming. A demanding place full of uncertainties and expectations and fears. I was coming to realize retreating, hiding from the world on occasion, was not a bad thing to do, as long as I didn’t do it too often or because I was afraid of living my life.”

— Penny Reid

116. “The true paradises are the paradises that we have lost.” – Marcel Proust.”

— Penny Reid

117. “There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.” – Friedrich Nietzsche.”

— Penny Reid

118. “Because knowledge is only a cage if you dwell in isolation.”

— Penny Reid

119. “This came from Sandra. “Roses are red, violets are blue, rhyming is hard. Wine.”

— Penny Reid

120. “I love you wildly, madly, completely, Fiona Archer,” he growled, then groaned on a broken breath. “I love you always.”

— Penny Reid

121. “Books are friends. You don’t just – just – just give away friends!”

— Penny Reid

122. “Cletus’s middle name wasn’t “Evasive”, but it should have been. Another.”

— Penny Reid

123. “It’s not spandex, it’s a Kevlar blend.” His voice lowered to a growly whisper. “I’m so turned on right now.”

— Penny Reid

124. “I’d chosen my profession because it meant I could move anywhere; no matter the city, science and math teachers were needed.”

— Penny Reid

125. “We don’t believe in false pleasantries around these parts, nor do we kick a fella when he’s down. So I’ll just say, bless your heart, and leave it at that.”

— Penny Reid

126. “I liked this about Drew: always to the point when talking about business, but always philosophical when talking about life. Attending his birthday party had been a priority since I met him four years ago.”

— Penny Reid

127. “Quinn until he messaged me his nightly text, which had turned somewhat math-mushy recently: If I were a function, you would be my asymptote. I always tend toward you. He.”

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128. “Cletus sneered. “You are the opposite of boastful, and your humbleness verges on infuriating.” “Gee, thanks.” I rolled my eyes. “Look, all I’m saying is that if a person is great at something, she shouldn’t have to pretend she’s not, and she shouldn’t have to downplay her hard work. There’s nothing wrong with humility or modesty, Jenn. But – for heaven’s sake – take credit for being a badass.”

— Penny Reid

129. “If I let another person’s opinion matter then I was giving him control over me; I alone had complete control over my self-image.”

— Penny Reid

130. “You’re it, Jessica James. And that’s the truth. Not racing or going fast. Not fixing up old cars. I want to spend my life with you. And maybe that makes me wrong in the head and unhealthy, or old-fashioned, but when I think of my future and what I want, all I see is you.”

— Penny Reid

131. “My type has a romantic soul. He’ll make my brain and my heart fight over who gets him first. He does what’s right, even when it’s not easy – actually, especially when it’s not easy. He knows the value of discipline, education, honor, and restraint. And his strength of character is the only thing that outweighs the strength of his love for me.”

— Penny Reid

132. “Just because someone is an idiot doesn’t mean they’re a bad person. And just because someone is smart doesn’t mean they’re good.”

— Penny Reid

133. “Another toast to Alex. May he live long and prosper, and have lots of prospering, long-living babies!” Elizabeth raised her glass; all the toasts she’d led so far had been Star Trek related, and this was the second live-long-and-prosper toast, which was how I knew it was time to cut her off.”

— Penny Reid

134. “I’m pointing out you’ve been missed. Being present is one hundred percent more meaningful than being there in spirit.”

— Penny Reid

135. “I like things defined, I dislike surprises, and I dislike the lack of clear expectations.” My hands moved to my hips and I straightened my spine. “And if that makes me a little closed-minded, then I think I’m ok with that.” We.”

— Penny Reid

136. “Thanks for being such a bully.” I flattened my expression. “I wasn’t a bully. I was merely a persistent peddler of holiday cheer.”

— Penny Reid

137. “Yep. His epic good looks without succumbing to the adorable label had made him a man-unicorn in my mind. Or a merman. Or a Loch Ness Monstman. He was a mystical creature.”

— Penny Reid

138. “You’ll always have the advantage of me, Jenn. Because I’m lost without you.”

— Penny Reid

139. “Sugar, I’d be honored to catch you anytime you’d like to fall.”

— Penny Reid

140. “I’m going to take this from you, but you shouldn’t be surprised because you know I’m a selfish bastard.” His voice was low, gravely, almost a whisper, his lips just inches from mine. “But I also want to make sure it’s done right. I don’t know this Mark from art history. He could be a rubbish kisser, scarring you for life. It might take me years of kiss-therapy to undo the damage.”

— Penny Reid

141. “I’m madly in love with you, my Jennifer,” he said. I.”

— Penny Reid

142. “Is a chameleon a coward because it can change its color? No. It’s evolved and awesome. I like to think of myself in a similar fashion. There is nothing wrong with having a strong sense of self-preservation.”

— Penny Reid

143. “How could I have looked at her with anything but wonder and respect and desire?”

— Penny Reid

144. “No. Billy.” I gave my older brother a severe scowl. “This is my refrigerator. I need to do it. You can’t be doing everything for all of us. Don’t keep shouldering all the burdens. Otherwise, we’ll never learn how.”

— Penny Reid

145. “After dinner, we were all in the kitchen helping with the dishes, and I had the thought, Someone should go check on Momma. And that’s when I started to cry.”

— Penny Reid

146. “He laughed, definitely forced, and glanced around at his security team. The didn’t laugh, likely because they weren’t in on the joke, nor were they paid to play the role of sycophants to a psychopath.”

— Penny Reid

147. “I had an odd thought just then, that I should only ever whisper her name, and that she should always be close enough to hear it.”

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148. “This was our beginning. I couldn’t wait for the middle. And I never wanted it to end.”

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149. “You don’t need to befriend them in order to lead them.”

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150. “There’s a reason we eat popcorn during a movie. If I want to zone out, be brainless and entertained, then I watch TV, go to a movie. If I want a good story, then I read a book.” “Ah.”

— Penny Reid