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“You make me want to be less of an asshole.”
― Penny Reid, Neanderthal Seeks Human

“You’ve shown me joy where before I saw only despair. You’ve taught me hope where before I knew only hopelessness. I may be broken, but all my pieces are yours. And I’ll work every day of my life to deserve you.”
― Penny Reid, Love Hacked

“Is a chameleon a coward because it can change its color? No. It’s evolved and awesome. I like to think of myself in a similar fashion. There is nothing wrong with having a strong sense of self-preservation.”
― Penny Reid, Attraction

“In that moment, I finally figured out what kind of handsome he was. He was fiction-handsome. Romance novel handsome; but not the clean-cut (billionaire) alpha male or even the tattooed (billionaire) bad boy archetype. He was the Scottish highlander, Viking conqueror, bodice-ripper historical romance kind of handsome; an unshaven, lion wrestling, mountain man recluse, toss you over his shoulder and plunder your goodies kind of handsome. He was both scary and swoony. I wanted to braid his beard. I also wanted to run away.”
― Penny Reid, Beauty and the Mustache

“I don’t want a beautiful week with you. I want a beautiful lifetime.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“You’ll have to read the book, and don’t interrupt me. It’s distracting enough looking at you. You’ve already derailed my brain train with your face several times.”
― Penny Reid, Attraction

“Maybe love, at its essence, is being a mirror for another person—for the good parts and the bad. Perhaps love is simply finding that one person who sees you clearly, cares for you deeply, challenges you and supports you, and subsequently helps you see and be your true self.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“Apathy between family members makes the blood they share turn to water.”
― Penny Reid, Beauty and the Mustache

“He didn’t save us ; haven’t you been listening?” Elizabeth held an icepack to her chin where she’d been hit by an meaty elbow . “Fiona stabbed one of them with a Susan Bates needle, Marie was wielding a tequila bottle, Sandra pistol-whipped the other, and I shot the third.”

“Where were Janie and Kat?” Ashley looked from me to Kat.

“Hiding behind the couch like sane people!” Kat said before anyone else could speak.”
― Penny Reid, Neanderthal Seeks Human

“Alex 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, Love Hacked

“Do ever respond to a question without asking another question?
Does it bother you?
No. But it does confirm my hypothesis.
What hypothesis?
He let out a heavy sigh, and with it, all the residual warmth from our flirty banther evaporated. " You're a shrink," he said. He might as well have accused me of being a traitor or a murder or a Kardeshian.”
― Penny Reid, Love Hacked

“Does he give you zings in your things?”
― Penny Reid, Beauty and the Mustache

“I dream of your voice, daydream about it. I spend a good part of my day thinking up ways to make you laugh, counting the hours before I can hold you—just hold you—to feel you breathe, feel your heartbeat. I've memorized your walk. I even look forward to your butchering of the German language and discovering which T-shirt you'll wear. I want to tell everyone about you, how brilliant you are, how generous and kind and amazing you are, and I will keep you safe. I want to know everything about you so I can be what you need—give you what you need.”
― Penny Reid, Love Hacked

“What do you call each other? What are your pet names? Dearest? Turtledove? Thor? Herr Handsome of my heart? Lizard of my labia? Captain of my clitoris?”
― Penny Reid, Neanderthal Marries Human

“When you cried, I learned what helplessness tastes like. Because all I could do was swallow.”
― Penny Reid, Beauty and the Mustache

“Parker, what are you doing?” “Making a funny face in an effort to make you stop staring at me like I murdered your beloved goldfish.”
― Penny Reid, Attraction

“We can't change the past. But we can change how much importance we allow it to have over our future.”
― Penny Reid, Heat

“I'm not letting you leave this car
until we make it to second base. At least."
"Jess, you know how good I am at baseball, right?”
― Penny Reid, Truth or Beard

“Is a chameleon a coward because it can change its color? No. It’s evolved and awesome. I like to think of myself in a similar fashion.”
― Penny Reid, Attraction

“He was so handsome I felt like filing a civil lawsuit against his parents, claiming punitive damages, pain and suffering to my psyche.”
― Penny Reid, Attraction

“I like you because you are Kaitlyn—genuine, beautiful, brilliant, amazing Kaitlyn—not because you’re Kaitlyn Parker. And I’m in love with you because I can’t help myself.”
― Penny Reid, Heat

“He was hot like lava and sexy like cake. Wait, like lava cake. Yum.”
― Penny Reid, Friends Without Benefits

“This came from Sandra. "Roses are red, violets are blue, rhyming is hard. Wine.”
― Penny Reid, Beauty and the Mustache

“*fist bump* *high five* *bottom pat* … too far?”
― Penny Reid, Neanderthal Marries Human

“Italians who speak Italian should be illegal, or at least come with warning labels - may make your panties explode.”
― Penny Reid , Friends Without Benefits