“Breathless and Wretched, the new fragrance by Calvin Klein.” — Penny Reid Breathless Copy Share Image
“Because I would rather see the sadness in your eyes now than resentment in your eyes months or years from now” — Penny Reid Anger Copy Share Image
“That is why I don't want a cell phone. I don't want a droopy fin.” — Penny Reid Cell phone Copy Share Image
“If I were a function, you would be my asymptote. I always tend toward you.” — Penny Reid Function Copy Share Image
“He was the dehydrated horse. He had to drink water himself. He had to want it.” — Penny Reid Drink water Copy Share Image
“he six Winston boys had inherited their father’s ability to charm snakes, the IRS, and women.” — Penny Reid Parenting Copy Share Image
“I hesitated, because this question sounded like a trap. A woman trap. The most perilous of all traps.” — Penny Reid Trap Copy Share Image
“Dan : "Greg was whistling. Whistling ! And giving their little gnome a bath. Cutest fucking baby I've ever seen.” — Penny Reid Cutest Fucking Copy Share Image
“Reading, for me, was like breathing. It was probably akin to masturbation for my brain.” — Penny Reid Reading Copy Share Image
“I wasn’t wrecked, not by a long shot. But I’d come precariously close to standing on the edge of that cliff and… — Penny Reid Cliff Copy Share Image
“I felt paralyzed by confusion. I decided, as I succumbed to sleep, that men should come with manuals, subtitles, and reset buttons. *” — Penny Reid Reset button Copy Share Image
“McHotpants was standing in the doorway, clothed only in a white towel wrapped low around his waist as if it didn’t matter… — Penny Reid Mchotpants Standing Copy Share Image
“You and I . . . we must always forgive and forget. But most importantly, we must never take each other’s forgiveness for granted” — Penny Reid Forgive and forget Copy Share Image
“No. Since I first saw you. Since I first laid eyes on you and felt sorry for every beautiful thing that was… — Penny Reid Felt Sorry Copy Share Image
“Boy bands are sent by God to aid women of all ages in their quest to avoid reality, but specifically to trick… — Penny Reid Adventure Copy Share Image
“I didn't care about embarrassing myself further. What was one more debit of mortification when my balance sheet was already in the… — Penny Reid Embarrassing Copy Share Image
“Elizabeth called it my mane of hair; I called it my bane of hair. However, it was far worse looking when it… — Penny Reid Bane Copy Share Image
“Of course I loved my neighbor. My momma brought me up right. I certainly saw the wisdom in loving neighbors, and doing… — Penny Reid Neighbor Copy Share Image
“she’s too quiet about it.” “Isn’t that the point of leading by example?” Kat frowned at her ball of yarn, more of… — Penny Reid Background noise Copy Share Image
“I returned to my pillow and comforter, both of which I loved; they smelled like lavender, and were so cozy, poems should… — Penny Reid Habits Copy Share Image
“For the love of Thor, I was missing him even when we were in the same room together. The force of the… — Penny Reid Feelings Copy Share Image
“I ordered you apple pie.” Hank pushed a plate toward me. It was empty. Or rather, it had crumbs on it where… — Penny Reid Apple pie Copy Share Image
“As Sandra would say, all I felt was Zen. But not Quinn. Quinn was not Zen. He was the opposite of Zen.… — Penny Reid Copy Share Image
“Look who finally decided to show up.” Cletus greeted me with both hands on his hips, standing just outside the garage. “I was about to send… — Penny Reid Time of day Copy Share Image
“the normals, the small-minded people who fill their brains with small-minded pursuits, who blend in and keep up with the Joneses. Those… — Penny Reid Surround yourself Copy Share Image
“Finally, after a tense moment, he stepped back and grabbed his beer. “Fine. I was finished with her anyway.” His eyes flickered over my shoulder to Shelly.… — Penny Reid Time Copy Share Image
“Since I spent much of my childhood being left behind and ignored, one might think that, as an adult, moments of perceived… — Penny Reid Abandoned Copy Share Image
“We fought over the bill when it came. By fought I mean: I insisted loudly on paying half and he responded with… — Penny Reid Credit card Copy Share Image
“this post-modern individualism is harmful, that we—Western society—have become lazy in our dependencies and relationships. To say, ‘Don’t attempt to love another… — Penny Reid Individualism Copy Share Image
“Marie, you are the sine to my cosine.” My eyelashes fluttered and so did my heart, but I managed to tease, “Are… — Penny Reid High school Copy Share Image
“I’m gonna give you some unsolicited advice, okay?” Dan peered at me, as though making sure I knew to take his words… — Penny Reid Good advice Copy Share Image
“I draw the line at a cell phone. If I want social media, I’ll join a book club. I will not be… — Penny Reid Book club Copy Share Image
