Status Updates From Folk Around and Find Out (G...

I fucking love Penny Reid and that she also has characters for which statements like “explaining how the Federal reserve worked was a topic he really enjoyed” are true.

Slow burn, but Penny Reid sure knows how to suck you in :)

"Oh no. Don't smile, I can't resist your smiles."
"You find my smiles irresistible?"
"You know I do. Smile at me and I'm at your command."

"I'll do - "
"Whatever you want - "
"Whenever you want - "
"However you want."
"Will you let me?"
"Will you let me be the one who takes care of you? The one who makes you feel good? You're all keyed up, frustrated. It's not fair, you being neglected like this. I'd be happy to help if you wanted. "

"There's a reason adults are too heavy to carry... They need to learn how to carry themselves."

"People think... But what they don't seem to grasp is that no matter what your profession, if you're desperate, you're more likely to be taken advantage of... if you're doing a job because you don't feel like you have any other options, you're being exploited."

"You got to love everybody because everybody needs love," she said. "And if we don't love them, who will?"

"No one - and I mean absolutely no person on this whole green earth - has ever preferred my company to Beau Winston's. No. One. Not once.
Until now."