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1 " When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve. "
― Penny Reid , Engagement and Espionage (Solving for Pie: Cletus and Jenn Mysteries #1)
2 " Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion. "
― Penny Reid , Truth or Beard (Winston Brothers, #1)
3 " If there is one thing I dislike, it is the man who tries to air his grievances when I wish to air mine. "
4 " I would want forever with you. "
― Penny Reid , Grin and Beard It (Winston Brothers, #2)
5 " She disliked me. But she worshipped my brother. He didn't see her, not really. Not like I did. "
6 " When you cried, I learned what helplessness tastes like. Because all I could do was swallow. "
― Penny Reid , Beauty and the Mustache (Knitting in the City, #4; Winston Brothers, #0)
7 " 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. "
― Penny Reid , Love Hacked (Knitting in the City, #3)
8 " Does he give you zings in your things? "
9 " This is just your penis having the feels for my vagina. Your penis is making prank calls! and every single time your penis makes a prank call, my vagina answers the phone. And then you hang up. Or your penis claims wrong number or misdial or no hablo Ingles. It's infuriating, and it's called genital call me maybe. "
10 " Each marriage is a living thing, just as complex as the two individuals within it. "
― Penny Reid , Happily Ever Ninja (Knitting in the City, #5)
11 " I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. "
― Penny Reid , Beard in Mind (Winston Brothers, #4)
12 " She was a damn good kisser, maybe the best I'd ever had the immense pleasure of kissing. It helped that her lips were like pillows and she tasted sweet. Not like strawberries or peaches. Sunshine and sweet—her own brand of it. Plus there was desperation in the kiss, an understated but raw passion I couldn't recall ever experiencing before.Or maybe that had been me. Maybe I'd been the passionate, desperate one. No matter. Either way, she'd stolen my breath, robbed me of thought and sense. She was a master thief, and I loved her for it. "
13 " I'm after a woman who likes sex but doesn't put the lust part above the intelligence part. She could have a hundred partners for all I care, just as long as they've been vetted for psychopathic tendencies. I have four rules. Number one: don't invite a person into your body if you wouldn't invite her into your kitchen. Number two: the act needs to take place in a clean environment. Number three: precautions need to be taken to protect from disease and pregnancy. And Number four: don't ration the passion, i.e. put you best fuck forward. "
14 " Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence. "
― Penny Reid , Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1)
15 " Sandra.”“Thomas, I….”“You called.” He sounded concerned.“Yes, I….”“Why are you calling? Are you harmed?”“No….”“Are you rescheduling our Saturday lunch?”“No….”“Is this an emergency?”“Stop asking questions and just listen.”“Why are you calling?”I sighed, rolled my eyes. This was why I never called Thomas. “I need your help.”“Do you need money?”“Thomas, I swear, if you ask me another question, I will secretly switch your caffeinated with decaf during Saturday lunch at least three times over the next six months.”I could tell he was thinking about my threat, weighing it against the compulsion of his curiosity. Belatedly he said, “Proceed "
― Penny Reid
16 " I didn't tell her, because I didn't think it would help, but all people are lost, to varying degrees. I suspected that it’s only when we love others—through purpose, friendship, romance, or any combination thereof—that we become found. "
17 " Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist. "
― Penny Reid , Dr. Strange Beard (Winston Brothers, #5)
18 " The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. "
19 " The world is a book, and those who don't travel only read one page. "
20 " Fire burns blue and hot.Its fair light blinds me not.Smell of smoke is satisfying, tastes nourishing to my tongue.I think fire ageless, never old, and yet no longer young.Morning coals are cool: daylight leaves me blind.I love the fire most because of what it leaves behind. "
