Capture Quotes

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

“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

“We all belong to ourselves, until we have children. Then our children lease us for as long as they want.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“Love, I decided, is being a sidekick.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“Boys are stupid. I needed to explore becoming a lesbian.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“I can tell you there are as many kinds of love in the world as there are stars in the sky.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“She's my BFF, do you know what that means? It means: Boy I will fuck up your face if you mess with my girl.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“Oh, gah! Right in the feels!”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“Yeah. I can see that. I feel like sidekicks aren’t as well developed as the main character in a story, but they’re essential in defining that main character. And the protagonist needs the sidekick more than the sidekick needs the protagonist.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“Musicians are like lightbulbs, they burn hot and bright, but can’t be screwed more than once.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“I wanted to explore this part of myself for me, not in spite of or because of another person. If I was going to change my style or add to it, I wanted to do it because of how it made me feel. Not because I wanted to make someone else feel better or view me differently.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“No. I have plenty of reason. But without honor and goodness, reason isn’t worth much.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“We were both adulting like adult adults who behaved like adults.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“Then I don't think I understand what love is. I thought I knew. I thought it was this great thing where two people support each other and work together to solve problems. I thought it was about trust and loyalty, being honest, kind, being a team. But now I have no idea. In fact, I'm doubting that love exists. Maybe, as a society, we made it up to explain and justify our unhealthy desire for co-dependence."

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"I actually agree with you to a certain extent, if I'm understanding your meaning correctly. We humans, most of us are co-dependent and it's often unhealthy. It's up to the two people wishing the relationship to keep the co-dependence healthy. But, you are assuming there is only one kind of love, Kaitlyn. I can tell you there are as many kinds of love in the world as there are stars in the sky.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“I’d been on the precipice of being brave, and nothing can make a person more foolish and vulnerable than bravery.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“Boys are stupid. I needed to explore becoming a lesbian. I needed to add this to my to-do list and bump it up to the top.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“But revenge was a choice, protecting yourself is instinct.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“has been no one else since you. No one.” His mouth was hot on my skin, devouring me. “You’re all I think about, all I want. You are everything.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“... I'd never have to wonder what he was thinking or feeling about me. He would be direct and honest.

In truth, I admired this about him. I wasn't nearly as fearless. By comparison, and especially with him, I was a feelings and thoughts hoarder.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“I frowned at him and his sensible words. Stupid sensible words.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“Why is that weird? Honestly it was kind of nice. We were both adulting like adult adults who behaved like adults.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“They’re stackable, like Tetris. All beverages should be stackable.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“My phone alarm announced the end of happiness (sleep).”
― Penny Reid, Elements of Chemistry: Capture

“I also realized that she didn’t belong to the world, and she didn’t belong to me. She belongs to herself. We all belong to ourselves, until we have children. Then our children lease us for as long as they want.”
― Penny Reid, Elements of Chemistry: Capture

“Maybe that’s what real love is.
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.
Love, I decided, is being a sidekick.”
― Penny Reid, Elements of Chemistry: Capture

“May 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, Elements of Chemistry: Capture

“The truth is, I have very little patience for people who choose to waste their potential and destroy themselves in the process.” “Hmm…” The glare melted away, leaving only an uncomfortable frown.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“Because the world could be unpleasant and overwhelming. A demanding place full of uncertainties and expectations and fears. I was coming to realize retreating, hiding from the world on occasion, was not a bad thing to do, as long as I didn’t do it too often or because I was afraid of living my life”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“Maybe love, at its essence, is being a mirror for another person—for the good parts and the bad. Perhaps love is simply inding 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. Love, I decided, is being a sidekick.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“In fact, I’m doubting that love exists. Maybe, as a society, we made it up to explain and justify our unhealthy desire for co-dependence.” He”
― Penny Reid, Capture