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Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1) QUOTES

Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1) QUOTES

1 " Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence. "

― Penny Reid , Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1)

2 " Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please. "

― Penny Reid , Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1)

3 " In anger we should refrain both from speech and action. "

― Penny Reid , Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1)

4 " How you treat others defines you more than how others treat you. "

― Penny Reid , Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1)

5 " Seeds sown in dread never bloom because fear makes for shallow soil. "

― Penny Reid , Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1)

6 " It's just as hard to alter an idea as it is a first impression. "

― Penny Reid , Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1)

7 " Your mistakes and missteps will reinforce people's unflattering ideas about you, and your good deeds will be explained away by nice weather, "

― Penny Reid , Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1)

8 " I might change, but that doesn't mean I can change people's minds about who I am, because the idea persists, even if it's faulty. "

― Penny Reid , Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1)

9 " You raised an exceptional son."

He glanced over at me, pleasure shining in his eyes. "I hope I meet your mother one day."

I reared back an inch, his statement confusing and unsettling me. I searched my mind, wondering why this sweet, gentle man would want to meet my mom. "What? Why?"

He struggled, like the answer was obvious but he said it anyway. "So I can tell her she raised an exceptional daughter. "

― Penny Reid , Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1)

10 " I supposed Raquel was an idea. A memory I’d made too much out of, remembered too often, relived until the edges had grown worn and soft and frayed. Who’s to say that night ever really happened? Maybe it didn’t. Maybe it had been a figment of my imagination. "

― Penny Reid , Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1)

11 " I told myself to slow it down. Slow my mind down and pretend I was an observer, a bystander not in the thick of the action. I didn’t have to feel scared or shitty about myself if I didn’t wish to. I could simply pretend. "

― Penny Reid , Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1)

12 " the Twitter, the Facebook, the Tikety Tok— "

― Penny Reid , Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1)

13 " That was certainly one of them. But there were others, such as: How you treat others defines you more than how others treat you. There’s no such thing as convincing someone to love you, you can’t push a person into reciprocating feelings. No one owes me anything I haven’t earned. Sometimes wanting a thing is bad for me, it makes me a worse person; no matter how much I want it, if it doesn’t make me better, I should let it go. And lastly, give grace when asked sincerely for forgiveness, even if the person’s behavior was shameful, petty, and small. "

― Penny Reid , Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1)

14 " Jackson James is taco night. "

― Penny Reid , Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1)

15 " Then why do you look like that?” “Like what?” “Like you just ate the bait instead of the fish. "

― Penny Reid , Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1)

16 " I clenched my jaw, still staring at the floor, so very grateful that Charlotte was a tall woman. That’s right, I hid behind my girlfriend. "

― Penny Reid , Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1)

17 " Look at you, Rae. Wisdom-ing your wisdom all over the place. "

― Penny Reid , Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1)

18 " Please, allow me.” Cletus stepped forward, taking the phone from Charlotte. “I can’t abide two-person selfies. One person’s face looks like a billboard, and the other looks like a doll head. "

― Penny Reid , Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1)

19 " I mean, he’s all right. He’s no you, but he’s okay. "

― Penny Reid , Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1)

20 " And not mean-polite, like he resented having to be polite, but truly polite, like he comprehended and appreciated the other person’s perspective, even though he didn’t fully agree with them. "

― Penny Reid , Totally Folked (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #1)