Top 500 Penny Reid Quotes (2025 Update)
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401. “Because you scratched my itch and then you kissed me – both of which freaked me out because neither of which are in the course syllabus for laboratory experiments this semester. And, furthermore –.”

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402. “You’re callous because you have to be. Because otherwise you’d be bleeding all the time.”

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403. “His response filled me with glee. It was as if a unicorn had appeared beneath a double rainbow and started tap dancing.”

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404. “I felt calmer and more in control despite my questionable fashion non-choices.”

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405. “Sir McHotpants Von Grabby Hands.”

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406. “People say comparison is the thief of joy when it comes to success, right? But it’s also the thief of compassion when it comes to suffering.”

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407. “No. I have plenty of reason. But without honor and goodness, reason isn’t worth much.”

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408. “Being right and doing right and staying the narrow course means never knowing the fragile line between humility and humiliation, never knowing how difficult it is to ask for forgiveness, never understanding the pain of forgiveness withheld.”

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409. “Women were more than the status of their hymen or their dress size.”

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410. “Have you considered that there’s someone out there who might not consider these things about you crazy? That someone might take the time to understand your disorder, take the time to understand and therefore appreciate you?” I shook my head. “No.” “Is.”

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411. “Rank, rump-fed harpy.”

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412. “I also came from a notable family – my mother was a US senator, my father was the dean of the college of medicine at UCLA, and my maternal grandfather was an astronaut.”

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413. “Absence makes the heart suicidal.”

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414. “Don’t change a thing. God, Jess. Don’t change a single thing. Be wild for me, be reckless. I love your kind of wild.”

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415. “Greg was an indiscriminate food stealer.”

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416. “No. I grew a beard because no one was around to teach us boys how to shave.” .”

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417. “Greg crossed to me, his gaze moving in a slow, cherishing path over my features. “If you knew how I saw you, how I think of you, your ego would become unmanageable.”

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418. “Then, I reached for my sandwich and took a bite. It wasn’t the same as biting a person, but the chewing helped.”

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419. “I should have listened to that woman with the ring. You don’t get a ring like deathbringer without knowing what’s what.”

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420. “I didn’t want to be peed on.”

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421. “Let me explain what happened. I’ll try to keep it as emotion free as possible for the sake of all the people who can’t deal with the ups and the downs, and the drama and the angst. This is because I’m one of those people. I can’t deal with the drama. Admittedly, this is likely because I was raised in a drama-free household. I once tried being dramatic when I was fourteen. My mother told me to add it to the calendar.”

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422. “I walked into Elizabeth’s apartment feeling like a zombie. I needed brains.”

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423. “Think of how much better the world would be if people craved compliments about the beauty of their heart rather than the beauty of their face.”

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424. “It’s difficult – no, it’s impossible – as a child to see yourself as worthy or worth knowing if no one else does.”

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425. “Quinn. His name was Quinn. I must to remember to call him Quinn, not Sir Handsome McHotpants.”

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426. “Also, hon, you may not have been as transparent with your advances as you believe. I’ve seen you, you’re not a skilled flirter. It’s usually hard to watch.”

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427. “When people are overwhelmed, they can’t see past their own campfire.”

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428. “I want you to belong to me and I want to belong to you. I.”

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429. “I know how birth control works, big brother, and – spoiler alert – putting a wrapper on the banana is ninety-nine percent effective.”

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430. “That’s right. You seize that woman, Cletus. You make her yours. And then after,” still grinning, Duane dropped his hand on my shoulder and gave me a little shake, “you give that woman your sausage.”

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431. “People were, essentially, the secrets they kept.”

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432. “I knew he wasn’t there to actually help me. He was there to help me out of the building.”

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433. “Janie, you’re not the only one in this room who is freakish.” “No you’re not. You’re a falcon, and I’m an ostrich.”

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434. “He wasn’t a robot needing reprogramming; he was a person. He was ultimately responsible for fixing himself, and only if he wanted to.”

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435. “Beau could talk a policeman into committing armed robbery.”

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436. “You know those French impressionists; all they did was fornicate, drink absinthe, and play dominoes.”

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437. “When you cried, I learned what helplessness tastes like. Because all I could do was swallow.”

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438. “I shook my head, feeling like a natural disaster on mute.”

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439. “You are so good, generous, with everyone. Especially with me. Please let me hold the tools for you while you work on your refrigerator.” I.”

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440. “I liked labels; I liked putting people and things into categories. It helped me calibrate my expectations of people and relationships.”

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441. “You have to admit, hot guys have hot guy problems, which are like first world problems on steroids.”

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442. “These socks scream, Ask me about my thirteen cats!”

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443. “But revenge was a choice, protecting yourself is instinct.”

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444. “As usual – when we really kissed – I lost track of my surroundings, the operation of my limbs, and the functionality of my vocal chords. I may have started to climb him.”

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445. “Apparently, hope is for hipsters because hope failed me.”

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446. “He was so adept – so very, very gifted – at stoking my fire then leaving me with a giant lady hard-on. In fact, I suspected maybe this was his superpower.”

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447. “So, if you can’t bring yourself to mourn his passing, maybe, instead, mourn the relationship you wished you’d had with your father, so you can let him go.”

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448. “I think men will always be arrested on some level by the idea of owning their spouse, of completely possessing the woman they love, of having her unquestioning trust and obedience and admiration. But most importantly, of actually being a man that deserves it all. And I think women – though they are loathe to admit it – fundamentally want to be possessed.”

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449. “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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450. “It’s ok to be gifted at using people if you’re using them for good.”

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