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181 " Oh, Quinn….” I gave him a sympathetic smile. “You really are Batman. "
― Penny Reid , Neanderthal Marries Human (Knitting in the City, #1.5)
182 " Just because someone is an idiot doesn't mean they're a bad person. And just because someone is smart doesn't mean they're good. "
― Penny Reid , Beard Science (Winston Brothers, #3)
183 " A sinister giggle escaped my lips. I’m not much of a giggler unless I’ve done something sinister. "
― Penny Reid , Truth or Beard (Winston Brothers, #1)
184 " He half said, half mumbled, "I'm not that nice. "
― Penny Reid , Neanderthal Seeks Human (Knitting in the City, #1)
185 " His response filled me with glee. It was as if a unicorn had appeared beneath a double rainbow and started tap dancing. "
186 " I didn't care about embarrassing myself further. What was one more debit of mortification when my balance sheet was already in the red by hundreds of thousands? "
187 " we’re having a big wedding so we can be miserable together before we’re happy together. "
188 " I just feel sorry for men now. It must be frustrating to be so feeble and limited. "
189 " Very clever of him to give me something my heart didn’t know it wanted in exchange for a promise. "
190 " if you’re not just a little bit afraid of letting down one or both of your parents, then you must’ve had shitty parents. I’m not talking about paralyzing fear—paralyzing fear also means shitty parents—I’m talking about a sliver of worry, a shard of concern. Take my parents, for example. I couldn’t care less what my pop thought. He was a shitty parent. "
― Penny Reid , Marriage of Inconvenience (Knitting in the City, #7)
191 " If she doesn’t learn to weld here, she’ll just learn it on the streets. "
192 " You can’t tell me that I don’t know you. I see you. I see you better than you see yourself. And everything about you is beautiful. "
― Penny Reid , Friends Without Benefits (Knitting in the City, #2)
193 " Bullshit was the adult version of Santa Claus. For reasons I’ll never comprehend, the general population seemed to enjoy wallowing, spouting, and believing in bullshit. "
194 " Old things have soul. Then to me she’d add on a whisper, ‘And young things have spirit. "
195 " He wanted me. I wanted him. This was a frightening and thrilling prospect, because when I pushed him, he pushed back. "
― Penny Reid , Love Hacked (Knitting in the City, #3)
196 " Who thinks, I’m going to cheat on my girlfriend, but I’ve got too much of a social conscience to leave my condom wrapper on the floor—heaven forbid I litter. "
197 " She told me I should be proud of my healthy shape and healthy body and love it and treasure it because it was mine. No one, she said, could tell me what to think of my body. If I let another person’s opinion matter I was giving him or her control over me, and I had complete control over my own self-image. "
― Penny Reid , Elements of Chemistry: Attraction (Hypothesis, #1)
198 " Men should come with manuals, subtitles, and reset buttons. "
199 " Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.” ― Mark Twain ~Jethro~ "
― Penny Reid , Grin and Beard It (Winston Brothers, #2)
200 " I may be broken, but all my pieces are yours. "