02UndatedShe disliked me. But she worshipped my brother. He didn't see her, not really. Not like I did.Penny Reid / quote ↗
03UndatedWhen you cried, I learned what helplessness tastes like. Because all I could do was swallow.Penny Reid / quote ↗
04UndatedAlex the waiter was on my Spank Naughty list in third place, right after Henry Calvill the actor, then Henry Calvill as Superman. He was proof that God existed, and that God loved straight women.Penny Reid / quote ↗
06UndatedThis is just your penis having the feels for my vagina. Your penis is making prank calls! and every single time your penis makes a prank call, my vagina answers the phone. And then you hang up. Or your penis claims wrong number or misdial or no hablo Ingles. It's infuriating, and it's called genital call me maybe.Penny Reid / quote ↗
07UndatedEach marriage is a living thing, just as complex as the two individuals within it.Penny Reid / quote ↗
08UndatedShe was a damn good kisser, maybe the best I'd ever had the immense pleasure of kissing. It helped that her lips were like pillows and she tasted sweet. Not like strawberries or peaches. Sunshine and sweet—her own brand of it. Plus there was desperation in the kiss, an understated but raw passion I couldn't recall ever experiencing before.Or maybe that had been me. Maybe I'd been the passionate, desperate one. No matter. Either way, she'd stolen my breath, robbed me of thought and sense. She was a master thief, and I loved her for it.Penny Reid / quote ↗
09UndatedI'm after a woman who likes sex but doesn't put the lust part above the intelligence part. She could have a hundred partners for all I care, just as long as they've been vetted for psychopathic tendencies. I have four rules. Number one: don't invite a person into your body if you wouldn't invite her into your kitchen. Number two: the act needs to take place in a clean environment. Number three: precautions need to be taken to protect from disease and pregnancy. And Number four: don't ration the passion, i.e. put you best fuck forward.Penny Reid / quote ↗
10UndatedI didn’t like trusting, I didn’t like setting greater than mild expectations,Penny Reid / quote ↗
11UndatedSandra.”“Thomas, I….”“You called.” He sounded concerned.“Yes, I….”“Why are you calling? Are you harmed?”“No….”“Are you rescheduling our Saturday lunch?”“No….”“Is this an emergency?”“Stop asking questions and just listen.”“Why are you calling?”I sighed, rolled my eyes. This was why I never called Thomas. “I need your help.”“Do you need money?”“Thomas, I swear, if you ask me another question, I will secretly switch your caffeinated with decaf during Saturday lunch at least three times over the next six months.”I could tell he was thinking about my threat, weighing it against the compulsion of his curiosity. Belatedly he said, “ProceedPenny Reid / quote ↗
12UndatedI didn't tell her, because I didn't think it would help, but all people are lost, to varying degrees. I suspected that it’s only when we love others—through purpose, friendship, romance, or any combination thereof—that we become found.Penny Reid / quote ↗
13Undated... It wasn't my finest moment, but I rolled my eyes and actually huffed. "Fine, don't answer. I don't even know why I asked.""No, I am not having sex with anyone.""Oh." I shrugged nonchalantly, but for some reason his response filled me with glee. It was as if a unicorn had appeared beneath a double rainbow and started tap dancing.Penny Reid / quote ↗
14UndatedFire burns blue and hot.Its fair light blinds me not.Smell of smoke is satisfying, tastes nourishing to my tongue.I think fire ageless, never old, and yet no longer young.Morning coals are cool: daylight leaves me blind.I love the fire most because of what it leaves behind.Penny Reid / quote ↗
15UndatedWhere I'm from," Tom tilted his head to the side, "they call your kind a hipster or a lumbersexual, with the beard and flannel and such."Without missing beat, Jethro responded, "Ah. See, where I'm from, they call my kind a man.Penny Reid / quote ↗
16UndatedI didn’t like how my body seemed to be intent on sabotaging my brain, especially since my brain was so good at sabotaging itself.Penny Reid / quote ↗
17UndatedElizabeth called it my mane of hair; I called it my bane of hair. However, it was far worse looking when it was short, sticking straight up or out at awkward angles; at least when it was long it almost obeyed gravity.Penny Reid / quote ↗
18UndatedAnd you are more than the mistakes of your youth. You are more than the label you’ve been assigned by people who might love you, but don’t really know who you are anymore.Penny Reid / quote ↗
19UndatedMy type has a romantic soul. He'll make my heart and my brain fight over who gets him first. He does what's right, even when it's not easy - actually, especially when it's not easy. He knows the value of discipline, education, honor, and restraint. And his strength of character is the only thing that out weighs the strength of his love for me.Penny Reid / quote ↗
20UndatedI had reclusive tendencies for a reason, I couldn’t be trusted to live in the world and make decisions on my own.Penny Reid / quote ↗
21UndatedAnd his eyes. Don't get me started on his eyes. Just . . . don't. I can't even with this guy. So. Gorgeous. They held an invitation as well, a twinkly, heated, mesmerizing invitation. And I wanted to RSVP so hard.Penny Reid / quote ↗
22UndatedMy upstairs brain and my downstairs brain engaged in a game of risk and it was downstairs’ turn to roll the dice.Penny Reid / quote ↗
23UndatedI might have been a little mesmerized for a moment as I took in the sight of her shapely backside. It was incredible. I just wanted to spank it and bite it and worship it and completely fucking defile it.Penny Reid / quote ↗
24UndatedThe protector inside me was frowning while the predator soaked up her discomfort with glee.Penny Reid / quote ↗
