Penny

“Do you want me to move my hand?” he asks. Yes, I think. “No,” I say.”
― Jennette McCurdy, Half His Age

“I bet you Lydia has a Volvo."
"Why do you say that," said Art.
She's obviously the sort of woman who drives a Volvo," said Daphne.
"You make such ridiculous assumptions," said Art, "under the most remarkable conviction.”
― Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

“Are you familiar with the lovely Michelle Obama," said Daphne.
"Oh, yes, Becoming is one of my favorite books," said Lydia, "So inspiring."
"Well, then, you'll know what Michelle says about what to do when they go low," said Daphne. Lydia nodded.
"When they go low, we get revenge," said Daphne with a flourish.
Lydia frowned. "I don't think that's what she said at all, Daphne," she said, "In fact, I know it's not."
"Well, she should have done.”
― Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

“I'm left with that funny feeling that happens when you spend a supposedly intimate occasion with people you don't feel any genuine intimacy with. That strange, gnawing feeling, equal parts hollow and lonely and wistful, with a tinge of irritability underneath. Craving something more. But accepting that this is it.”
― Jennette McCurdy, Half His Age