Space Quotes

“Take it like a woman?” I smiled at the way she’d modified the take it like a man turn of phrase. “Yes. I’ll accept responsibility, apologize, be sensitive to your concerns, work to modify my behavior in the future, and suggest we try to find a way forward with minimal awkwardness. You know, take it like a woman.”
― Penny Reid, Space

“What will you do when you have kids?’ and I’m like, ‘The same thing I do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world.”
― Penny Reid, Space

“Don’t be too smart. Don’t admit you’re smart. Don’t think you’re smart. Be brilliant. Make some mistakes. Give your opinion. Don’t make any mistakes. Stop trying to be perfect. Don’t talk so much. Talk more. Don’t be too nice. Be nice. Smile. Don’t smile so much. Act like a man. Act like a woman. Be assertive. Don’t be emotional. Be sensitive. Not too assertive. Be nice to my friends. Don’t lead them on. Let them down gently. I was so tired of walking a tightrope, at work, here, with my family, with everyone. Enough. I’d had enough.”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Space

“I slept horribly. But, no matter. That was the thing about sleep, there would always be more time to practice.”
― Penny Reid, Space

“Because, let’s face it, genitalia—all genitalia, no matter the animal—range from distressing to disturbing to horrifying. Human vaginas look like sea creatures that slurp their food—and probably regurgitate half of it—and penises are startling, no matter the situation. If someone made a horror movie entitled, Dick Pics and just showed various dick pics? It would be the scariest, most distressing movie ever made. The only species that does reproductive systems visually right are angiosperms (flowering plants). When you’re smelling a flower, you’re basically smelling a dick. Let that sink in.”
― Penny Reid, Space

“I didn’t want one of her moments, I wanted all of them. I wanted an invasion, not a visit.”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Space

“Yes. I’ll accept responsibility, apologize, be sensitive to your concerns, work to modify my behavior in the future, and suggest we try to find a way forward with minimal awkwardness. You know, take it like a woman.”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Space

“What would take it like a man look like? In comparison?” She shrugged, sighed, rested her head against my shoulder. “I don’t know. I guess, pretend it didn’t happen? Put on a brave face? Take you out for a beer?”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Space

“The only species that does reproductive systems visually right are angiosperms (flowering plants). When you’re smelling a flower, you’re basically smelling a dick. Let that sink in.”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Space

“Because, let’s face it, genitalia—all genitalia, no matter the animal—range from distressing to disturbing to horrifying. Human vaginas look like sea creatures that slurp their food—and probably regurgitate half of it—and penises are startling, no matter the situation. If someone made a horror movie entitled, Dick Pics and just showed various dick pics? It would be the scariest, most distressing movie ever made.”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Space

“Better to shut your mouth and be thought a fool than open it and remove all doubt”? These days, that was basically my mantra.”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Space

“Don’t be too smart. Don’t admit you’re smart. Don’t think you’re smart. Be brilliant. Make some mistakes. Give your opinion. Don’t make any mistakes. Stop trying to be perfect. Don’t talk so much. Talk more. Don’t be too nice. Be nice. Smile. Don’t smile so much. Act like a man. Act like a woman. Be assertive. Don’t be emotional. Be sensitive. Not too assertive. Be nice to my friends. Don’t lead them on. Let them down gently.”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Space

“funicular,”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Space

“Better to shut your mouth and be thought a fool than open it and remove all doubt”?”
― Penny Reid, Space

“As it turns out, the two activities weren’t mutually exclusive.”
― Penny Reid, Space