Top 500 Penny Reid Quotes (2024 Update)
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401. “When people are overwhelmed, they can’t see past their own campfire.”

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

404. “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.”

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

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

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407. “Only if you stop using the F-word like you get paid royalties every time you say it.”

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408. “Sir McHotpants Von Grabby Hands.”

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409. “I saw an opportunist in banana-cake clothing. Let the record show, I did not roll my eyes. Schooling.”

— Penny Reid

410. “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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411. “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.”

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

413. “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.”

— Penny Reid

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

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415. “Rank, rump-fed harpy.”

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416. “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.”

— Penny Reid

417. “Absence makes the heart suicidal.”

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418. “What will you do when you have kids?’ and I’m like, ‘The same thing I do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world.”

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419. “Greg was an indiscriminate food stealer.”

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

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421. “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.”

— Penny Reid

422. “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.”

— Penny Reid

423. “I felt like Scarlett O’Hara after she was kissed by Rhett Butler, confused and anxious and swoony and wanting it to happen again.”

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

426. “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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427. “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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428. “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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429. “These socks scream, Ask me about my thirteen cats!”

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

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

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433. “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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434. “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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435. “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.”

— Penny Reid

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

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

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438. “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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439. “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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440. “Beau could talk a policeman into committing armed robbery.”

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

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

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

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

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445. “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

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

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447. “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.”

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

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450. “I suppose it’s part of why we seek out a partner. Why we’re driven to build a new family, pursue new friendships. There’s freedom in being a blank canvas to another person and having some control over what is painted on that canvas.”

— Penny Reid