513 Quotes by Penny Reid

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    Have you ever read Bertrand Russell?” “No. Who is that?” “He was a mathematician. Anyway, he said, ‘Those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.’ I think that’s especially true with knowing oneself. As soon as you grow certain of something, you’ve closed your mind to other possibilities.

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    When people are overwhelmed, they can’t see past their own campfire.

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    It’s seductive, to live in a virtual space, especially when the real world isn’t what you want it to be.

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    Don’t Drink and DERIVE, Alcohol and Calculus Don’t Mix.

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    These stubborn people and their demands were like cracker crumbs in my beard: irritating and flaky.

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    Kaitlyn Parker has popped Martin Sandeke’s spooning cherry.” I felt his smile grow just before he said, “It’s only fair. I hope to pop your forking cherry.

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    I slept horribly. But, no matter. That was the thing about sleep, there would always be more time to practice.

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    You are my first thought in the morning, and my last thought before I go to sleep.

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    Be cool. Be cool and act cool. Be chill, act chill, be ice. You’re an ice cube. Just be cool.

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