513 Quotes by Penny Reid

Being in love is a lot like being hacked.

Boys are stupid. I needed to explore becoming a lesbian. I needed to add this to my to-do list and bump it up to the top.

With enough use, practice, and honing of skill, words were the weapons of choice used by exceptional writers and poets. Minds can be changed, hearts can be lost and broken, souls can be surrendered given the right words.

Wait for your Pierre, Natasha.

Then, I reached for my sandwich and took a bite. It wasn’t the same as biting a person, but the chewing helped.

Old things have soul. Then to me she’d add on a whisper, ‘And young things have spirit.

Conversely, if a person didn’t place value on what they lacked, then they would never strive to be better.

I suppose it’s part of why we seek out a partner. Why we’re driven to build a new family, pursue new friendships. There’s freedom in being a blank canvas to another person and having some control over what is painted on that canvas.

Because if it’s possible to have a partner who gives all of themselves without reservation, who looks forward to working and sacrificing for me just as I look forward to doing the same for her, who can’t help but love ferociously, brutally, and unconditionally – and even perhaps without reason or sound judgment – that’s what I want. Because that’s how I plan to love in return.