Top 500 Penny Reid Quotes (2025 Update)
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401. “I felt calmer and more in control despite my questionable fashion non-choices.”

— Penny Reid

402. “Sir McHotpants Von Grabby Hands.”

— Penny Reid

403. “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.”

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

405. “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

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

— Penny Reid

407. “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

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

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409. “Absence makes the heart suicidal.”

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410. “Rank, rump-fed harpy.”

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411. “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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412. “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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413. “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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414. “Greg was an indiscriminate food stealer.”

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

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416. “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

417. “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

418. “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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419. “I didn’t want to be peed on.”

— Penny Reid

420. “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.”

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

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

— Penny Reid

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

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426. “Every stray deserves a chance at love, a home and a warm bed to sleep at night.”

— Penny Reid

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

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

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

— Penny Reid

430. “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.”

— Penny Reid

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

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

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

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

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435. “You have stolen my heart and soul, if such things exist for a creature like me. I’m yours. Forever. If you’ll have me.”

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

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437. “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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438. “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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439. “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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440. “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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441. “These socks scream, Ask me about my thirteen cats!”

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

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

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444. “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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445. “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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446. “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.”

— Penny Reid

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

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449. “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.”

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450. “No. That’s not what I want. You would have to go all in. We would go out to dinner, see movies, call each other, text. I’d work on your car – you know, the Mustang you left at my house earlier this week – install gadgets you don’t need ’cause you’re my girl. You might come to the Winston place and hang out with us boys. This would be both of us, all in for all twelve months – or less if we find we don’t suit.”

— Penny Reid