Top 500 Penny Reid Quotes (2026 Update)
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301. “Moments of quiet ordinary, made extraordinary by sharing them with the woman I love.”

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302. “Who is your famous crush? If a super-hot Hollywood actor who also happened to be a great person wanted to take you home – and the lights stayed on during the deed – what would you do? I mean, not in theory. Honestly, what would you do?” Claire looked at me for a long moment then asked, “Would I get a heads up a few months ahead of time? So I could eat low carb and start working out?” “No.” “Then, honestly, I’d run the other way.”

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303. “I just feel sorry for men now. It must be frustrating to be so feeble and limited.”

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304. “He gazed at me with something that felt like wonder and said, his voice a quiet rumble, “I don’t think I’ll keep score with you.”

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305. “I was looking at my past self through the one-way interrogation window of my current self, and it caused me to experience the strange sadness that accompanies helplessness. If only I could have told teenage Elizabeth that none of it actually mattered. It all seemed to matter so much at the time.”

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306. “Only you can compare a relationship to a disease and make it sound both romantic and terminal.”

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307. “I was still tired, and this day had started out on a bizarre note and was circling the drain of strange.”

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308. “You’re going to bend, and so am I. We’re going to compromise, negotiate, and distract each other. Being together means our priorities are going to change. That’s what happens when you make space for another person. Comfort zones will be stretched.”

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309. “He doesn’t seem quiet to me, and he looks like he’d be a playboy, impregnating all the local girls with Viking babies.”

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310. “But that wasn’t how I rolled. Prolonged irrationality wasn’t in my wheelhouse. Recrimination was not my homeboy.”

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311. “I’m not talking about the girl who wants to have fun and a good time with no strings attached. I’m talking about the girl who’s looking for a free ride after the ride ends.”

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312. “Maybe Jethro, Claire, and I can live together in harmony. Maybe she can be my sister wife. Yes. That was the answer. She could have her pretty farmhouse and custody of Jethro on Sundays. I could have him the rest of the week. And if she touched him, I would claw her eyes out. Perfect.”

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313. “Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.” – Isaac Asimov.”

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314. “Iwas going to kiss her. But first I was going to strangle her.”

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315. “Who thinks, I’m going to cheat on my girlfriend, but I’ve got too much of a social conscience to leave my condom wrapper on the floor – heaven forbid I litter.”

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316. “How are we supposed to teach our children compassion if we remove all inconveniences from the world around them?” “But.”

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317. “A beautiful man is the devil’s most potent weapon.”

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318. “Are you a hooker?” I flexed my superpower – hiding all thoughts and emotions – and gave him an unperturbed smile.”

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319. “Bravery was still bravery, no matter how clumsy the execution.”

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320. “Best to leave farts and the past behind you.”

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321. “Never try to be other than you are. You are perfection, just as you are.”

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322. “That’s right. I’m looking for an escape. Drew is out there. And – oh God – Cletus, I’m the worst. I’m so awkward, my awkward is embarrassed by my awkward.”

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323. “In a day, when you don’t come across any problems – you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path” – Swami Vivekananda.”

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324. “Well, I’ll be.” “You’ll be a baboon with dysentery.”

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325. “The thing is, if you can’t tell how a person feels about you, then you probably don’t want to know.”

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326. “I’ve come to understand clothes matter to most people because society decrees how a person is ‘packaged’ reflects the internal values, abilities, and personality of that person. This packaging is often called ‘personal expression.’ Since deciphering this, I’ve resented the concept of personal expression.”

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327. “Why did it have to be Sir McHotpants? Why couldn’t they have sent Colonel Mustard le Mustache or Lady Jelly O’Belly?”

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328. “I don’t want a beautiful week with you. I want a beautiful lifetime.”

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329. “There will be no bananas!” “There will be entire tropical rainforests of bananas! And coconuts!” I gestured to my breasts. “And, hopefully, bananas rubbing against coconuts.”

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330. “I want to touch you and kiss you, frequently, and I want you – ” he shifted on his feet as though steadying himself then his hand reached out; he stepped closer and he cupped my cheek in his palm, “I want you to touch me.”

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331. “You’re the girl that guys like us, if we’re smart and if we’re lucky that is, you’re the girl we marry. You’re the marriage girl.”

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332. “He’d drunk the “my government can do no wrong” Kool-Aid.”

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333. “Drew sighed. “I’m going to need a chart to keep up with y’all. I can’t remember who is related to who these days.”

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334. “I tried my best to pretend unkind words were actually just erroneously expressed compliments, as it just made everything nicer for everybody.”

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335. “Kaitlyn Parker has popped Martin Sandeke’s spooning cherry.” I felt his smile grow just before he said, “It’s only fair. I hope to pop your forking cherry.”

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336. “I’m just saying, if you can’t have an adventure where you are, what makes you think you’ll have an adventure anywhere else?”

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337. “I’ve never been a fan of funerals for more than the obvious reasons. Of the emotions, mourning in particular feels like something that should be sacred and intensely private.”

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338. “Even in my relationship with Jon we’d both recognized that I required a generous amount of space and alone time in order to behave with appropriate affection when we were together.”

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339. “Italians who speak Italian should be illegal, or at least come with warning labels – may make your panties explode.”

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340. “Conclusion: What I needed was a shower helmet. I was fairly certain a shower helmet didn’t exist. I’d have to make one. Biting the inside of my bottom lip, I searched the kitchen drawers closest to the gas range and found what I sought: aluminum foil, parchment paper, tape, scissors, and plastic wrap.”

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341. “If we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane.” – Robert Frost.”

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342. “Congratulations, Jethro. She’s sweet on you. You’ve just taken one the world’s most famous role models of feminine independence and turned her into a giddy, flustered mess of hormones.”

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343. “I know it hurts, honey.” Mom flipped off the gas stove and wiped her hands on her apron, turning to face me fully. “And it’s okay to hurt. Hurting is just as much a part of life as joy, maybe even more important. Falling down teaches you how to stand up.”

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344. “You want to meet Jon?” Instinctively my gaze searched for Elizabeth and I think I must have looked as stricken as I felt. She just stared at me with wide eyes.”

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345. “Because when a guy sees a car he likes, all he can think about is getting under the hood or taking her for a ride.”

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346. “Right now, it feels like I’d be completely erasing who I was before,” he blurted, swallowed, and then lifted his eyes to mine. They weren’t so sharp. “And I liked that person, even if no one else did.”

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347. “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.”

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348. “What?” I whispered, suspicious, still fighting my flare of hormones. Or, more precisely, whoremones. That’s.”

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349. “Undies on, undies on, high ho the dairy-o, I’m going to keep my undies on!”

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350. “Explaining the kiss away via alcohol-induced madness made my head feel better, as though the world had been righted on its axis, and inalienable truths still existed. It also made by heart plus all the girly parts of me fee bad, like when you find out Santa is a myth or that Superman doesn’t really exist.”

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