Top 500 Penny Reid Quotes (2024 Update)
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201. “I embraced it. Actually, I tackle-hugged it.”

— Penny Reid

202. “He was so handsome I felt like filing a civil lawsuit against his parents, claiming punitive damages, pain and suffering to my psyche.”

— Penny Reid

203. “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.”

— Penny Reid

204. “Yeah, I’m still here.” I heard him sigh. “These aren’t the same plans you made yesterday with your ex, are they?” Inwardly, I cringed. Then, outwardly, I also cringed. “Yes.” His response was silence. “Quinn?” “I’ll come too.” It didn’t sound at all like a request. “Uh, what?”

— Penny Reid

205. “I slept horribly. But, no matter. That was the thing about sleep, there would always be more time to practice.”

— Penny Reid

206. “Cell phones, like the other social media constructs of our time, encourage the collecting of so-called friends and contacts similar to how my grandmother used to collect teacups and put them on display in her china cabinet. Only now, the teacups are people, and the china cabinet is Facebook.”

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207. “When I was younger, I wanted plenty of things, plenty of people, until I realized there was no point in wanting. Since then, I’ve never had something I wanted, not really. Not ’til you.”

— Penny Reid

208. “Sometimes, things are sad and unfortunate. But finding the funny in a situation can make the sad and unfortunate more bearable.”

— Penny Reid

209. “But when Marie laughed, when her mouth curved in a perfect arch, when her eyes became the combined colors of hydrogen on the visible light spectrum, when the manifestation of happiness as perfect music passed her lips, then time stopped.”

— Penny Reid

210. “They’ve got to have backups on the cloud, or the mist, or whatever it’s called.”

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211. “If they don’t learn about launching rockets at home, then they’ll just learn about it on the streets.” I glowered at him. “That sounds like something Hitler would say.”

— Penny Reid

212. “Sometimes doing nothing is what we’re called to do, I think. Does that make sense? In any relationship, sometimes we play the lead, and sometimes we follow.”

— Penny Reid

213. “So the man told you the truth, and now you’re surprised to discover he didn’t lie.”

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214. “Why do people care about each other? What is attraction? I can’t give you a list of reasons why I react to you like I do. This isn’t an equation to balance. You’re the one I’m always thinking about. It’s you. It just is.” “You.”

— Penny Reid

215. “Wait for your Pierre, Natasha.”

— Penny Reid

216. “They weren’t making decisions; they may as well have been curtains. There.”

— Penny Reid

217. “For some reason it always irked me when people felt it necessary to draw attention to my height as though I wasn’t aware of my larger than average stature. I once responded: “Yes, and you’re very small.” but that didn’t go over very well, even though in that situation it was true.”

— Penny Reid

218. “My heart keeps finding new ways to love you.”

— Penny Reid

219. “My internal temper tantrum tirade continued: But attracting and holding the interest of someone like Quinn Sullivan will have to go into my box of make believe with the eventual remake of Final Fantasy 7 with Playstation 3 graphics or finding an original, pristine version of Detective Comics No. 27- Batman’s debut.”

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220. “I’m not scary, I’m ridiculous.” I.”

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221. “Yes, your problem. Maybe you’re focused too much on the negatives. The negative invoices on the relationship spreadsheet.” I started to laugh, “My problem is I miss the obvious, your problem is that you pay too much attention to it.”

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222. “Stop it.” Cletus snapped his fingers in front of our faces. “I hate it when you two mind-meld through your eyeballs.”

— Penny Reid

223. “But I want to be your only source of romantic situations from this point forward.”

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224. “If you give Cletus an inch, he’ll take a light-year.”

— Penny Reid

225. “Greg ceased stomping around the room turned toward the open door, as though just noticing we had company. Both Dara and Hivan’s eyes widened and, in unison, the couple took a step back. Greg charged toward them, chasing them out of the room while continuing to shout-recite, “Oh, that deceit should dwell in such a gorgeous palace. Shame. Shame on thee!” And with that, he slammed the door in both their faces.”

— Penny Reid

226. “Anger was essential because otherwise I was just tremendously sad. Bitterness and anger provided harvestable energy, something on which to focus, something through which to work. Sadness simply left me adrift. But.”

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227. “Shelly considered me for a few seconds, then lifted her chin and kissed me once more softly, whispering, “You’ve seen me at my worst and you love me anyway. Give me the same chance. Show me who you are, and trust me to stay even if there are dark parts. But also, trust me to stay because of them.”

— Penny Reid

228. “Every dreamer knows that it is entirely possible to be homesick for a place you’ve never been, perhaps more homesick than for familiar ground.” – Judith Thurman.”

— Penny Reid

229. “So you created firewalls for mob bosses? As an aside, if I started a band, Mob Boss Firewall would be an excellent name.”

— Penny Reid

230. “In all honesty, I’d enjoyed the horse ride more than the man ride. At least the horse had been a stallion. Looking back, my lab TA was more like a Shetland pony – hairy and small.”

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231. “Quinn, that’s the ring from downstairs!” I hissed in a loud whisper because I was afraid of the answer. “Did you steal that ring?”

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232. “Non-knitters just didn’t understand the dynamics of a knitting group. It wasn’t just a good time or a fun time; it was the best time.”

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233. “Seriously, big guy, you just need to make like a shepherd and get the flock out of here.”

— Penny Reid

234. “Oh, Jennifer!” She said my name low and rough, as though it were a swear word. “A lady does not wear overalls.”

— Penny Reid

235. “I might cry later, at home, while watching Steel Magnolias and dressed like a homeless person. Sometimes I applied mascara before crying just to heighten the experience.”

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236. “It is a universally acknowledged, inalienable truth that a knitter faced with the unadorned neck, head, and hands of a person she cares for feels an overwhelming compulsion to smother that person in fancy hand-knits.”

— Penny Reid

237. “He’s the man equivalent of a gun to the head, except without the fear for my life aspect.”

— Penny Reid

238. “I would wait until she came to me. Or, I would wait until I could wait no longer.”

— Penny Reid

239. “Just because you don’t feel calm, doesn’t mean you can’t be calm.”

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240. “I studied the smile, couldn’t decide if it looked sincere or rehearsed. And that thought troubled me. I was good at reading people and their intentions, but only if I wasn’t too invested. Once invested, I couldn’t separate what I wished to be true from what was actually true.”

— Penny Reid

241. “I’d been on the precipice of being brave, and nothing can make a person more foolish and vulnerable than bravery.”

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242. “You can’t just go around giving people cars. You’re not Oprah.”

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243. “You’ll have to read the book, and don’t interrupt me. It’s distracting enough looking at you. You’ve already derailed my brain train with your face several times.”

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244. “Compassion without love felt suspiciously like pity.”

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245. “The rain, like the flame, is dangerous. But you don’t realize its power until it’s too late.”

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246. “I feel like it’s compulsory to play “Amazing Grace” during a Christian funeral. It’s the only way to make sure everyone leaves sobbing like a baby.”

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247. “We all belong to ourselves, until we have children. Then our children lease us for as long as they want.”

— Penny Reid

248. “Don’t give up on your alphabet.”

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249. “I loved begging him, following his rules. I loved the freedom I found in complete capitulation.”

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250. “When I finished my tale of both woe and whoa...”

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