513 Quotes by Penny Reid

Conclusion: What I needed was a shower helmet. I was fairly certain a shower helmet didn’t exist. I’d have to make one. Biting the inside of my bottom lip, I searched the kitchen drawers closest to the gas range and found what I sought: aluminum foil, parchment paper, tape, scissors, and plastic wrap.

I wasn’t wondering whether you had a lip fungus, but thank you for getting that awkward conversation out of the way.

Good girl. Test passed. I think I love you, Janie. Let’s get married and not have children.

Settle your feathers, crusty britches.

He’d drunk the “my government can do no wrong” Kool-Aid.

Tonight the silence sounds like a scream. If you were here, we could chase it away with our whispers. -.

And by Bunsen burner I meant, literally, my Bunsen burner. Not the figurative Bunsen burner in my pants.

I know it hurts, honey.” Mom flipped off the gas stove and wiped her hands on her apron, turning to face me fully. “And it’s okay to hurt. Hurting is just as much a part of life as joy, maybe even more important. Falling down teaches you how to stand up.

What will you do when you have kids?’ and I’m like, ‘The same thing I do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world.