Penny Reid Quotes
She disliked me. But she worshipped my brother. He didn't see her, not really. Not like I did.
When you cried, I learned what helplessness tastes like. Because all I could do was swallow.
Alex the waiter was on my Spank Naughty list in third place, right after Henry Calvill the actor, then Henry Calvill as Superman. He was proof that God existed, and that God loved straight women.
Each marriage is a living thing, just as complex as the two individuals within it.
I didn’t like trusting, I didn’t like setting greater than mild expectations,
I didn’t like how my body seemed to be intent on sabotaging my brain, especially since my brain was so good at sabotaging itself.
And you are more than the mistakes of your youth. You are more than the label you’ve been assigned by people who might love you, but don’t really know who you are anymore.
I had reclusive tendencies for a reason, I couldn’t be trusted to live in the world and make decisions on my own.
My upstairs brain and my downstairs brain engaged in a game of risk and it was downstairs’ turn to roll the dice.
Be beautiful for yourself, Janie. And only if you want to. If a man is worthy of you, he’ll see more beauty in who you are than in what you look like.
Furthermore, I preferred to only have cravings I could satisfy without the requirement or assistance of another person. This was, after all, the definition of self-reliance.
Why do you look like that, Duane?""Like what, Cletus?""Like your heart is diseased.