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Kissing Galileo (Dear Professor, #2) QUOTES

Kissing Galileo (Dear Professor, #2) QUOTES

1 " Right now, it feels like I’d be completely erasing who I was before,” he blurted, swallowed, and then lifted his eyes to mine. They weren’t so sharp. “And I liked that person, even if no one else did. "

― Penny Reid , Kissing Galileo (Dear Professor, #2)

2 " stop punishing yourself for other people being dicks. "

― Penny Reid , Kissing Galileo (Dear Professor, #2)

3 " It was the picture of a twenty-sided die with a “1” showing, and it read, “You reach out to push the orc off the bridge. But instead, lightly caress his back. He is uncomfortable. "

― Penny Reid , Kissing Galileo (Dear Professor, #2)

4 " It’s so easy, to split girls into sexy or nerdy, smart or pretty. One or the other. Us versus them. ‘There are two kinds of women, those who do xyz, or those who do abc.’ But that’s not true. There are billions of types of women, infinite possible combinations, and people change over time. Why do we want to regulate ourselves into a tidy little box? Limit ourselves? "

― Penny Reid , Kissing Galileo (Dear Professor, #2)

5 " If one persists in asking oneself, “Why does it matter?” the answer always eventually becomes, “It doesn’t. "

― Penny Reid , Kissing Galileo (Dear Professor, #2)

6 " People treat other people like shit for all sorts of reasons—size, shape, color, scars, amputations, disabilities, mental illness, religion, politics, just look at what the gays have to deal with!—it fucking happens. Get over it. Stop letting other people make your decisions for you. Live your best life. Move on. "

― Penny Reid , Kissing Galileo (Dear Professor, #2)

7 " Research design and analysis require conversation and dialogue, and often that dialogue is contentious. Do you think great science occurs in a vacuum? With politeness? With pleases and thank yous? Do you think you are allowed to hold ideas and beliefs without ever having them openly challenged? No. "

― Penny Reid , Kissing Galileo (Dear Professor, #2)

8 " Great science—like all great things—begins with doubt, with questioning, with a fundamental abhorrence for the status quo. If you do not care to inform yourself for the sake of your grade, then at least do so for the sake of your mind. And if you do not care about your mind, then you are not invited to attend my lecture. "

― Penny Reid , Kissing Galileo (Dear Professor, #2)

9 " So some ignorant assholes treated you like shit because you were big, and now they don’t. But guess what? People treat other people like shit for all sorts of reasons—size, shape, color, scars, amputations, disabilities, mental illness, religion, politics, just look at what the gays have to deal with!—it fucking happens. Get over it. Stop letting other people make your decisions for you. Live your best life. Move on. "

― Penny Reid , Kissing Galileo (Dear Professor, #2)

10 " I never eat bread like this.” Dipping a slice into the olive oil, garlic, balsamic, and spices, "

― Penny Reid , Kissing Galileo (Dear Professor, #2)

11 " Food never judges. Food is not made uncomfortable by my existence. Food does not whisper about me or make jokes about how I look. Food is necessary for survival, it is nourishing, it is comforting, it is inherently good. Food can be surprising, interesting, thought provoking in a way that humans seldom are. And aside from the rare case of food poisoning, food always, always makes me feel good. Until it doesn’t. "

― Penny Reid , Kissing Galileo (Dear Professor, #2)

12 " I squared my shoulders and crossed my arms. BAH! I just wanted to-to-to . . . smack him and kiss him and scream and take off his pants. "

― Penny Reid , Kissing Galileo (Dear Professor, #2)

13 " oftentimes be the culprit of excess weight gain. I just really, really liked food, because food—unlike most humans I’d encountered—is fucking awesome. Food never judges. Food is not made uncomfortable by my existence. Food does not whisper about me or make jokes about how I look. Food is necessary for survival, it is nourishing, it is comforting, it is inherently good. Food can be surprising, interesting, thought provoking in a way that humans seldom are. And aside from the rare case of food poisoning, food always, always makes me feel good. Until it doesn’t. "

― Penny Reid , Kissing Galileo (Dear Professor, #2)

14 " fat people’s existence tends to make other people—again, not all people—mildly uncomfortable. However, if a fat person also has good hearing, it seems to make them indignant as well. "

― Penny Reid , Kissing Galileo (Dear Professor, #2)

15 " unwilling to take the wisdom-bait. Unfortunately, he gave me his wisdom-fish for free. "

― Penny Reid , Kissing Galileo (Dear Professor, #2)

16 " Nothing you say will be the right answer, because it isn’t a question for you. It’s a question for me. I have to like who I am and be comfortable in my skin, no matter what you or anyone else thinks, even if I gain five pounds, even if I gain a hundred. "

― Penny Reid , Kissing Galileo (Dear Professor, #2)

17 " It’s not something that will ever go away for me, it’s something I’ll probably live with forever. Sometimes, there is no resolution, no answer. There is only doing my best. "

― Penny Reid , Kissing Galileo (Dear Professor, #2)

18 " Misirlou,” by Dick Dale & His Del-Tones carried out of Dr. Hanover’s office and I froze. Pulp Fiction. "

― Penny Reid , Kissing Galileo (Dear Professor, #2)

19 " These are just words, but they’re all I have. I will earn your trust. But please know—” he swallowed, his gorgeous eyes clear and bright “—I have no escape plan. I’m holding nothing back. The terms of this surrender are complete, because there is no alternative for me other than to give you, and this beautiful thing between us, everything I have. "

― Penny Reid , Kissing Galileo (Dear Professor, #2)

20 " I mean, who calls anymore? Didn’t he understand the rules of engagement? The only people who get a pass from the text-first rule were grandparents, parents, and best friends. "

― Penny Reid , Kissing Galileo (Dear Professor, #2)