Time Quotes

“And I silently simmered in the chaos of my mind and heart.”
― Penny Reid, Time

“Cry if you need to, but don’t ignore what the tears are about.”
― Penny Reid, Time

“Being with you . . .” he began, drawing my eyes back to his face. His were dazed, unfocused, like he was looking within and without. “Being with me?” I prompted after almost a minute, curious, a bubble of something reluctantly hopeful expanding in my chest. So of course, a joke slipped out. “Is as the prophesy foretold?” Abram’s gaze sharpened on mine. He smiled, a real smile. His left dimple making its first appearance, stealing my breath before his words could. “It’s living artistry, Mona.” Abram’s gaze turned cherishing, earnest. “Being with you is like living in a song.”
― Penny Reid, Time

“Do you really have no idea how I feel about you? Do you not understand that, even as I sit here, worried about you, livid and plotting revenge on your behalf, I’m trying to figure out how to prove you can trust me? Always. I love you with every part of myself, you’ve invaded every corner, every secret place, and I only want—I’ve only ever wanted—your happiness. If you want me to stay, then with you is always where I want to be.”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Time

“No. My feelings haven’t changed. I’m still insane about you. But . . .” I stroked her hair, kissing her temple, inhaling her sweet scent. “I want to be sane about you too.”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Time

“You don’t think all this weeping makes me weak?” “No. I think it makes you brave, because it also makes you soft, and sweet, and honest. And those might not be parts of yourself that you value—or other people see as valuable—but those are the real, raw, essential pieces of you. You deserve to share them with someone, and if that’s me, I’m honored to be that person. I will always, always treasure this side of you.”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Time

“People say comparison is the thief of joy when it comes to success, right? But it’s also the thief of compassion when it comes to suffering.”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Time

“Oh, Abram. Please don’t waste energy on this. Haters gonna hate, idiots gonna procreate.”
― Penny Reid, Time

“Have you ever read Bertrand Russell?” “No. Who is that?” “He was a mathematician. Anyway, he said, ‘Those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.’ I think that’s especially true with knowing oneself. As soon as you grow certain of something, you’ve closed your mind to other possibilities.”
― Penny Reid, Time

“Do you? Do you know, do you understand, that I’m always going to want to pamper and please you? That making you come, seeing you blissed out and hearing you panting is like a drug for me?” My stomach twisted delightfully at the picture he painted even as my spine straightened at the use of the word drug. “I don’t want to be your drug.” “Too late.” He grinned, his glorious left dimple completely adorable, almost distracting me from my concern. “Can’t I just be your person?” I asked, my eyes flickering between his and the thought-derailing dimple on his left cheek. “Can’t you be both?” Abram slid his nose against mine, giving my lips a tender kiss. “Can’t I be both for you?”
― Penny Reid, Time

“No. My feelings haven’t changed. I’m still insane about you. But... [...] I want to be sane about you too.”
― Penny Reid, Time

“I guess, what’s wrong with the world never changes. Selfishness, greed, brutality. There will always be stupid, brutal people. There will always be intelligent, brutal people too. And that’s depressing.”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Time

“the professor handed out a list of issues that were supposed to be problems with the world today, and they were spot on. Except, they were written thousands of years ago by a Greek philosopher.”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Time

“History—the good kind of history—is seldom made by those who keep their head down.”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Time

“Please don’t waste energy on this. Haters gonna hate, idiots gonna procreate.”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Time

“I have to demonstrate the appropriate amount of gratitude daily for being included on projects and grants that are full of my original ideas. I can’t take for granted that I’ve earned anything, because I never will, because everyone—even other women—are just waiting for me to prove everyone right, that I’m too young, too sensitive, too female to be worthy of my place at the table. They want my ideas, my research, but not enough to change the culture or be inconvenienced. Not enough to entertain the notion that I’m just another person, just like them.” Her voice lowered to a whisper. “I have to be faultless. I have to be perfect. I can’t afford mistakes.”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Time

“Women are not seen as equals, young women in particular. And if you’re at all attractive, it’s an impediment. I’ve been called a distraction. Do you know what that’s like? I’ve been called emotional when I raised my voice to match that of my male colleagues, I’ve been called bitchy and conceited and judgmental for recognizing my own intelligence, and not just by men.”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Time

“Those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.’ I think that’s especially true with knowing oneself. As soon as you grow certain of something, you’ve closed your mind to other possibilities.”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Time

“All four atomic fundamental forces had been identified: his body made me weak (weak force), the urge to smell him was always strong(strong force), my feelings for him impacted time(gravitational force) and his sexy brain (electromagnetic force)”
― Penny Reid, Time

“was the difference between giving control and losing control.”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Time

“Do they love me enough for me to be myself with them?”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Time

“Haters gonna hate, idiots gonna procreate.”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Time

“avocado trees, where the flowers bloom only once a season as female, and then forever after as male.”
― Penny Reid, Laws of Physics: Time